Plaw (John). Ferme Ornee; or Rural Improvements, A series of domestic and ornamental designs, suited to parks, plantations, rides, walks, rivers, farms, &c consisting of fences, paddock houses, a bath, a dog-kennel, pavilions, farm-yards, fishing-houses, sporting-boxes, shooting-lodges, single and double cottages, etc. calculated for landscape and picturesque effects, 1st edition, I. and J. Taylor, at the Architectural Library, 1795, 38 sepia aquatint plates, wide margins, 4-page publisher’s catalogue at end (folded at foot), occasional light marginal spotting, untrimmed, early 19th-century engraved bookplate of Sir Michael R. Shaw Stewart to front pastedown (see note), contemporary marbled boards, modern antique-style cream board reback, with paper spine label, rubbed to board edges, 4to (Qty: 1) Provenance: Sir Michael Robert Shaw Stewart (1826-1903), 7th Baronet of Greenock and Blackhall, Conservative member of parliament for Renfrewshire (1855-65), later lord lieutenant (1869-1903), and prominent freemason. Shaw-Stewart inherited an estate of some 26,400 acres, including Ardgowan House, built between 1798 and 1801 for Sir John Shaw Stewart, 4th Baronet, to a design by William Cairncross, who had been Robert Adam’s assistant during the building of Culzean Castle. Abbey Life 48; Berlin Katalog 2305. Not in Archer or Harris.
Plaw (John). Ferme Ornee; or Rural Improvements, A series of domestic and ornamental designs, suited to parks, plantations, rides, walks, rivers, farms, &c consisting of fences, paddock houses, a bath, a dog-kennel, pavilions, farm-yards, fishing-houses, sporting-boxes, shooting-lodges, single and double cottages, etc. calculated for landscape and picturesque effects, 1st edition, I. and J. Taylor, at the Architectural Library, 1795, 38 sepia aquatint plates, wide margins, 4-page publisher’s catalogue at end (folded at foot), occasional light marginal spotting, untrimmed, early 19th-century engraved bookplate of Sir Michael R. Shaw Stewart to front pastedown (see note), contemporary marbled boards, modern antique-style cream board reback, with paper spine label, rubbed to board edges, 4to (Qty: 1) Provenance: Sir Michael Robert Shaw Stewart (1826-1903), 7th Baronet of Greenock and Blackhall, Conservative member of parliament for Renfrewshire (1855-65), later lord lieutenant (1869-1903), and prominent freemason. Shaw-Stewart inherited an estate of some 26,400 acres, including Ardgowan House, built between 1798 and 1801 for Sir John Shaw Stewart, 4th Baronet, to a design by William Cairncross, who had been Robert Adam’s assistant during the building of Culzean Castle. Abbey Life 48; Berlin Katalog 2305. Not in Archer or Harris.
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