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WARE, Isaac (c. 1717-1766). The Plans, Elevations, and Sections ... of Houghton . [London]: 1735. 2 (499 x 372mm). Engraved title-page with engraved vignette, letterpress dedication, 24 (of 25) engraved plates by Fourdrinier after Kent and Ware, 8 double-page, mounted on guards throughout. (8 plates lightly discoloured, small rust mark to plate 19.) 18th-century speckled calf, spine gilt, red morocco lettering-piece (hinges weak, corners bumped). Provenance : Robert Shafto (armorial bookplate); William Adair (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Not in Fowler; Harris 911. Isaac WARE A Complete body of Architecture ... in which are interspersed some designs of Inigo Jones . London: for Osborne, Shipton, Hodges, Davis, Ward, and Baldwin, 1756. 2 (427 x 255mm). Engraved frontispiece by Roberts after Wale, title-page with engraved vignette, 110 (of 114) engraved plates, 11 double-page and folding. (Lacking first blank, preface, table of plates with errata, 9D2, the six additional leaves, and index, some discolouration and dampstaining, title-page laid down, plate 72/73 torn affecting image.) 18th-century polished half calf, later leather lettering-piece (rebacked retaining original backstrip, extremities rubbed). Provenance : John Knot MD (ownership inscription dated 1905). FIRST EDITION with the states of plates mixed between the first and second. Fowler 436; Harris 906. (2)