- Title(s):
Select architecture : being regular designs of plans and elevations well suited to both town and country : in which the magnificence and beauty, the purity and simplicity of designing, for every species of that noble art, is accurately treated, and with great variety exemplified, from the plain town-house to the stately hotel, and in the country from the genteel and convenient farm-house to the parochial church : with suitable embellishments: also bridges, baths, summer-houses, &c. with estimates to each design by the great square, and such remarks, explanations and scales are annexed, that the comprehension is rendered easy, and subject most agreeable : illustrated with fifty copper plates, quarto / by Robert Morris, surveyor.
- Additional Title(s):
Rural architecture.
- Edition:
- The second edition.
- Published/Created:
- London : Sold by Robert Sayer, opposite Fetter-Lane, in Fleet Street, MDCCLVII [1757]
- Physical Description:
- [12], 8 p., 50 leaves of plates : ill., plans ; 31 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsNA997.M67 A4 1757+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3439837
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Engravings by Remi Parr; after Robert Morris.
First published in 1750, with the title: Rural architecture.
Wood-engraved head- and tail pieces.
English short title catalogue, T91284
Harris, E. British architectural books and writers, 576
Archer, J. British domestic architecture, 216.4
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in sprinkled calf. - Subject Terms:
- Architecture -- Designs and plans -- Early works to 1800.Architecture -- Early works to 1800.Architecture, Domestic -- Designs and plans -- Early works to 1800.Engraving -- Specimens -- 1757.Morris, Robert, 1701-1754.
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Morris, Robert, 1701-1754, Select architecture , MDCCLVII [1757]