{"product_id":"familiar-architecture-or-original-designs-of-houses","title":"FAMILIAR ARCHITECTURE OR, ORIGINAL DESIGNS OF HOUSES","description":"\u003cp\u003eFOR GENTLEMEN AND TRADESMEN, PARSONAGES, SUMMER RETREATS, BANQUETING-ROOMS, AND CHURCHES; WITH PLANS, SECTIONS, \u0026amp;c. TO WHICH IS ADDED, The Masonry of Semicircular and Elliptical Arches; with practical remarks. By THOMAS RAWLINS, Architect. ON FIFTY-ONE COPPER-PLATES. A NEW EDITION. London: PRINTED FOR I. AND J. TAYLOR, AT THE ARCHITECTURAL LIBRARY, No. 56, HOLBORN, M.DCC.XCV. [1795].\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn fólio (31x25 cm) com 26 págs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEncadernação da época com lombada em pele com ferros a ouro em etiqueta vermelha.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProfusamente ilustrado em extratexto com 51 gravuras abertas em chapa por T. Miller de acordo com os desenhos de Rawlins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExemplar apresenta vestígios muito ténues de foxing e ex-libris do Dr. Ricardo Espírito Santo na folha de guarda colada no verso da pasta anterior.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEsta obra apresenta planos de arquitectura para casas pequenas, algumas delas residências citadinas para cavalheiros ou comerciantes, outras pequenas vivendas rurais, igrejas e capelas. A primeira edição continha 60 gravuras, sendo que nas edições posteriores de 1789 e 1795 (da qual faz parte este exemplar) as nove gravuras de desenhos de chaminés foram retiradas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[EN] Binding: original contemporary half calf with a red label gilt at spine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrated hors-text with 51 plates engraved plates by T. Miller after Rawlins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCopy in original condition with light occasional foxing.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBookplate on pastedown endpaper from the famous Portuguese banker Dr. Ricardo Espírito Santo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWork with arquitectural plans for small houses, some of these town residences for gentlemen or wealthy tradesmen, others country villas, churches and chapels, and designs for chimneypieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMillard II, 64; Fowler 275; Schimmelman, Architectural Bo in Early America, 112; Archer 273.1; Harris 730-731; RIBA 2716.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThomas Rawlins (c.1727-1789), built up a flourishing business as a monumental mason, operating from premises in Norwich, Norfolk, and plans concentrate on both rural and city housing. The patterns are for parsonages, summer retreats, banqueting- rooms, and churches, as well as middle class housing. Many of the designs are Palladian in nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1768 with 60 engraved plates. Subsequent editions appeared in 1789 and 1795, as this one, but both of these omit the designs for chimney pieces. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Garimpo dos Livros","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58295595598156,"sku":"1309JC030","price":10800.0,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1066\/5617\/0316\/files\/1309JC030_1.jpg?v=1785849551","url":"https:\/\/garimpodoslivros.com.br\/products\/familiar-architecture-or-original-designs-of-houses","provider":"Garimpo dos Livros","version":"1.0","type":"link"}