Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus). An Abridgement of the Architecture of Vitruvius. Containing a system of the whole works of that author... To which is added in this edition the etymology and derivation of the terms used in architecture, 1st English edition, London: printed for Abel Small and T. Child, 1692, engraved frontispiece by J. Kip, 11 engraved illustrations (numbers X & XI on one folding leaf), frontispiece with 2 clear tape repairs to verso, some worming affecting a few headlines, a few small stains, previous owner signature to title, inscription erased from front endpaper, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine repaired, small wormed areas to covers, small 8vo (Quantity: 1) 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. Fowler 421; Wing V663. The first English edition of Vitruvius based on Perrault's French translation of 1674.
Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus). An Abridgement of the Architecture of Vitruvius. Containing a system of the whole works of that author... To which is added in this edition the etymology and derivation of the terms used in architecture, 1st English edition, London: printed for Abel Small and T. Child, 1692, engraved frontispiece by J. Kip, 11 engraved illustrations (numbers X & XI on one folding leaf), frontispiece with 2 clear tape repairs to verso, some worming affecting a few headlines, a few small stains, previous owner signature to title, inscription erased from front endpaper, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine repaired, small wormed areas to covers, small 8vo (Quantity: 1) 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. Fowler 421; Wing V663. The first English edition of Vitruvius based on Perrault's French translation of 1674.
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