Beschreibung:

Richardson (Thomas Miles). Memorials of old Newcastle upon Tyne ... comprising forty etchings from original drawings of the towers, gateways, churches, streets and ancient buildings of Newcastle upon Tyne in the early part of the present century, nearly all of which have been removed, Edinburgh: Thos. Gray & Co.; Newcastle on Tyne: James Garland, [1880], lithograph title with signature J.H. Horsley to upper margin, 42 etched & engraved plates, occasional light spotting, original cloth, rebacked, few marks, folio, together with: Richardson (Thomas Miles), Antiquities of the Border Counties from original drawings by T. M. Richardson, Senr. with descriptive letterpress to which is added a reprint of Grey's Chorographia, Edinburgh: T. Gray & Co.; Newcastle on Tyne: J. Garland, 1881, lithograph portrait frontispiece, illustrated title and 20 mounted etched plates (two plates frayed to margins and detached), occasional light spotting and minor dust-soiling, all edges gilt, original cloth, light fraying to extremities, folio (Quantity: 2) Provenance: Sir William Whitfield CBE (1920-2019), one of the most significant British architects of the second half of the 20th century, notable for his ground-breaking designs for major public projects including Glasgow University Library, the Hunterian Art Gallery (1960-1968), Richmond House in Whitehall (1982-1984), recently selected as one of London’s ten most iconic Postmodern Buildings, Hereford Cathedral’s Mappa Mundi Library (1996), and Hawksmoor’s Baroque masterpiece Christ Church Spitalfields, slowly and carefully restored over three decades from 1970 to 2000 under his direction. He was Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul’s Cathedral between 1985 and 1990.