1848, ISBN: 07c70b3e0e157d2bba7c41c6068cf9b3

First edition

[SC: 17.41], [PU: [printed by C. Whittingham for] William Pickering, London], EBC4455.JPG, NOISBN, BAYNTUN,, Engraved frontispiece and three plates, title printed in black and red with wo… More...

[SC: 17.41], [PU: [printed by C. Whittingham for] William Pickering, London], EBC4455.JPG, NOISBN, BAYNTUN,, Engraved frontispiece and three plates, title printed in black and red with woodcut device, 20 further woodcuts in the text. 8vo. [226 x 142 x 35 mm]. xix, [i], 338 pp. Bound c.1870 in half red goatskin, marbled paper sides, the spine divided into six panels, with bands tooled with a gilt fillet and flanked by blind fillets, lettered in the second and third panels, marbled endleaves, top edge gilt. Contained in a later slipcase lined with felt and covered with marbled paper. There are two insertions: an engraved leaf signed by John Sturt, being a dedication to the Worshipful Company of Carpenters from the 1723 edition of Le Clerc's A Treatise of Architecture, and an engraved view of Carpenter's Hall dated 1830. A second edition was published by Pickering and Chatto in 1887. The preliminaries and engraved plates are lightly foxed. [Bound with] JUPP (Edward Basil). Genealogical Memoranda Relating to Richard Wyatt, of Hall Place, Shackleford, Citizen and Carpenter of London; With an Account of The Almshouses of his Foundation at Godalming. Under the Care of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters, The Governors. Woodcut frontispiece and seven plates of facsimile signatures and coats-of-arms, title printed in black and red with woodcut device, two further woodcuts in the text. First Edition. 8vo. [1]f, 53, [3] pp. [London: printed by Cox and Wyman]. A little light foxing or spotting. The work is undated and it is stated at the foot of the title: "Privately printed, 150 Copies". There is no copy in the British Library, but the Bodleian dates it [1870]. There are also copies at Bishopsgate Library, Chetham's Library, London Guildhall Library, London School of Economics, Society of Antiquaries of London, University College London and the V&A. Very good copies of both works in an attractive and well preserved binding which John Porter suggests might be by Riviere. From the collections of two eminent Pickering collectors, Roy Porter and John Porter (no relation) with the latter's booklabel, slipcase with Pickering label, catalogue slip and loosely inserted notes, including dates of BL leather dressing applications. Item 365 in Porter's Catalogue of a William Pickering Collection (2004).<

1887, ISBN: 07c70b3e0e157d2bba7c41c6068cf9b3

Pickering & Chatto, London, Hardcover, Publiziert: 1887T, Produktgruppe: Book, Business & Economic History, Biographies & Histories, Business, Finance & Law, Subjects, Books, Company Hist… More...

Pickering & Chatto, London, Hardcover, Publiziert: 1887T, Produktgruppe: Book, Business & Economic History, Biographies & Histories, Business, Finance & Law, Subjects, Books, Company Histories, Pickering & Chatto, London, 1887<