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  • The sixth edition, the best and most illustrated, of Stow's A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, with 132 plates of views and maps of London
    The sixth edition, the best and most illustrated, of Stow's A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, with 132 plates of views and maps of London

    STOW, John.
    A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, 1754-1755.
    $8,892.00

  • Presentation copy of Jon Soane's Description of the House and Museum on the North Side of Lincoln's Inn Fields, a scarce unpublished work describing his house turned museum towards the end of his life.
    Presentation copy of Jon Soane's Description of the House and Museum on the North Side of Lincoln's Inn Fields, a scarce unpublished work describing his house turned museum towards the end of his life.

    SOANE, John.
    Description of the House and Museum on the North Side of Lincoln's Inn Fields. 1830.
    $8,892.00

  • The scarce Seller issue of A Prospect of London, an illusive series of evocative plates of Stuart London.
    The scarce Seller issue of A Prospect of London, an illusive series of evocative plates of Stuart London.

    [LONDON]; SELLER, John.
    A Prospect of London: [c.1690].
    $3,420.00

  • The enlarged and preferred second edition of Maitland's The History of London furnished with nearly 100 more plates than the first edition
    The enlarged and preferred second edition of Maitland's The History of London furnished with nearly 100 more plates than the first edition

    MAITLAND, William.
    The History of London from its Foundation to the Present Time... 1756.
    $3,762.00

  • First edition of Phillip Brannon's The Park and the Crystal Palace, a scarce set of unusual views of the Crystal Palace, with an additional hand-coloured lithograph titled 'Interior of the Crystal Palace'.
    First edition of Phillip Brannon's The Park and the Crystal Palace, a scarce set of unusual views of the Crystal Palace, with an additional hand-coloured lithograph titled 'Interior of the Crystal Palace'.

    BRANNON, Phillip (illustrator); ACKERMANN, Rudolph (publisher).
    The Park and the Crystal Palace. 1851.
    $10,260.00

  • A special edition copy of The Life of Sir Edwin Lutyens by Christopher Hussey.
    A special edition copy of The Life of Sir Edwin Lutyens by Christopher Hussey.

    HUSSEY, Christopher.
    The Life of Sir Edwin Lutyens. 1953.
    $171.00

  • First edition of the hand-coloured issue of Frederick Trench's Lithographic Sketch of the North Bank of the Thames, his proposal for a new Embankment which would eventually see the light of day 40 years later.
    First edition of the hand-coloured issue of Frederick Trench's Lithographic Sketch of the North Bank of the Thames, his proposal for a new Embankment which would eventually see the light of day 40 years later.

    TRENCH, [Sir Frederick William].
    Lithographic Sketch of the North Bank of the Thames, 1825.
    $3,420.00

  • First edition of Designs for Public and Private Buildings by John Soane, exhibiting his designs including the Houses of Parliament, the Bank of England, and Hyde Park gate.
    First edition of Designs for Public and Private Buildings by John Soane, exhibiting his designs including the Houses of Parliament, the Bank of England, and Hyde Park gate.

    SOANE, John.
    Designs for Public and Private Buildings. 1828.
    $8,892.00

  • First edition of Thomas Shotter Boys' Original Views of London As It Is, the definitive record of London in the 1840's, as well as being one of the last great illustrated books on London.
    First edition of Thomas Shotter Boys' Original Views of London As It Is, the definitive record of London in the 1840's, as well as being one of the last great illustrated books on London.

    BOYS, Thomas Shotter.
    Original Views of London As It Is. 1842.
    $12,996.00

  • First edition of Richard Morris's Panoramic View Round the Regent's Park, a magnificent hand-coloured panorama.
    First edition of Richard Morris's Panoramic View Round the Regent's Park, a magnificent hand-coloured panorama.

    [PANORAMA]; MORRIS, Richard.
    Panoramic View Round the Regent's Park. 1831].
    $8,892.00

  • First editions of Nicholas Hawksemoor's A Short Account of London Bridge, and Thomas Lediard's Some Observations on the Scheme, with extra plates.
    First editions of Nicholas Hawksemoor's A Short Account of London Bridge, and Thomas Lediard's Some Observations on the Scheme, with extra plates.

    HAWKSMOOR, Nicholas; LEDIARD, Thomas.
    A Short Account of London-Bridge; 1736; [1738].
    $11,628.00

  • First edition of Edward Hatton's A New View of London, a handsome set with the maps clean and attractive.
    First edition of Edward Hatton's A New View of London, a handsome set with the maps clean and attractive.

    HATTON, Edward.
    A New View of London; 1708.
    $2,668.00

  • First edition, early issue, of Ackermann's The Microcosm of London, with an autograph letter from Augustus Welby Pugin to Thomas Bury.
    First edition, early issue, of Ackermann's The Microcosm of London, with an autograph letter from Augustus Welby Pugin to Thomas Bury.

    ACKERMANN, Rudolph (publisher); PUGIN, Augustus Charles, and ROWLANDSON, Thomas (illustrators).
    The Microcosm of London; or, London in miniature. [1808-10].
    $7,866.00

  • Second improved edition of William Kent's The Designs of Inigo Jones,
    Second improved edition of William Kent's The Designs of Inigo Jones,

    [INIGO JONES] - KENT, William.
    The Designs of Inigo Jones, 1770.
    $8,892.00

  • Londinopolis;
    Londinopolis;

    HOWELL, Jam[es].
    Londinopolis; 1657.
    $1,847.00

  • First edition of landscape architect William Robertson's 1798 book A Collection of Various Forms of Stoves, on the design and construction of heated greenhouses for exotic plants.
    First edition of landscape architect William Robertson's 1798 book A Collection of Various Forms of Stoves, on the design and construction of heated greenhouses for exotic plants.

    ROBERTSON, W[illiam].
    A Collection of Various Forms of Stoves, 1798.
    $4,788.00

  • An auction catalogue for the sale that never happened - The Dumfries House Chippendale Commission by Christie's.
    An auction catalogue for the sale that never happened - The Dumfries House Chippendale Commission by Christie's.

    [CHRISTIE'S].
    Christie's Sale Catalogue: Dumfries House. A Chippendale Commission. 2007.
    $1,026.00

  • The first and best edition of Joseph Nashs monumental illustrated history of The Mansions of England, with 106 fine hand-coloured litographic plates
    The first and best edition of Joseph Nashs monumental illustrated history of The Mansions of England, with 106 fine hand-coloured litographic plates

    NASH, Joseph.
    The Mansions of England 1839-1849] & 1869.
    $17,100.00

  • First edition of The architecture of Edward Lutyens, including a biography, replete with illustrations and photographs in b&w, in 4 volumes
    First edition of The architecture of Edward Lutyens, including a biography, replete with illustrations and photographs in b&w, in 4 volumes

    [LUTYENS]; BUTLER, A.S.G; STEWART, George; HUSSEY, Christopher.
    The Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens [WITH] The Life of Sir Edwin Lutyens by Christopher Hussey. 1950.
    $4,788.00

  • Gertrude Jekyll's Home and Garden, the follow-up to her popular first book
    Gertrude Jekyll's Home and Garden, the follow-up to her popular first book

    JEKYLL, Gertrude.
    Home and Garden. 1901.
    $103.00

  • The first edition of Isaac Ware's continuation to William Kent's Designs of Inigo Jones, illustrated with 53 engraved plates, including 5 double-page designs
    The first edition of Isaac Ware's continuation to William Kent's Designs of Inigo Jones, illustrated with 53 engraved plates, including 5 double-page designs

    JONES, Inigo; [KENT, William; BURLINGTON, Lord; WARE, Isaac].
    Designs of Inigo Jones [c.1731-1733].
    $1,710.00

  • English Dolls' Houses of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries by Vivien Greene and incribed by Graham Greene to his accoutant, Jack Rubens, 1955
    English Dolls' Houses of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries by Vivien Greene and incribed by Graham Greene to his accoutant, Jack Rubens, 1955

    GREENE, Vivien; [GREENE, Graham].
    English Dolls' Houses. 1955.
    $2,258.00

  • First edition, Atlas only, of Jean Barbault's Nouveau Recueil de Vues des Principales Eglises Places Rues et Palais de Rome Moderne, containing 44 large engraved plates of Rome's monuments.
    First edition, Atlas only, of Jean Barbault's Nouveau Recueil de Vues des Principales Eglises Places Rues et Palais de Rome Moderne, containing 44 large engraved plates of Rome's monuments.

    [BARBAULT, Jean].
    Nouveau Recueil de Vues des Principales Eglises Places Rues et Palais de Rome Moderne 1763.
    $20,520.00

  • Complete copy of Falda's Il Nuovo Teatro delle Fabriche, et Edificii, in Prospettiva di Roma Moderna<em>, </em>and the first two parts (of four) of<em> </em>Le Fontane di Roma nelle piazze.
    Complete copy of Falda's Il Nuovo Teatro delle Fabriche, et Edificii, in Prospettiva di Roma Moderna<em>, </em>and the first two parts (of four) of<em> </em>Le Fontane di Roma nelle piazze.

    FALDA, Giovanni Battista; Venturini, Giovanni Francesco; ROSSI, Giovanni Giacomo de.
    Il Nuovo Teatro delle Fabriche, et Edificii, in Prospettiva di Roma Moderna, 1665-[1669]; [c.1684].
    $17,100.00

  • Francescos Panini's Vedute delle Quattro Principali Basiliche e Monumenti di Roma nel XVIII Secolo, with 40 double page engravings, more than the Getty or the Calcografia Nazionale copies.
    Francescos Panini's Vedute delle Quattro Principali Basiliche e Monumenti di Roma nel XVIII Secolo, with 40 double page engravings, more than the Getty or the Calcografia Nazionale copies.

    PANINI, Francesco.
    [Vedute delle Quattro Principali Basiliche e Monumenti di Roma nel XVIII Secolo]. 1765-90.
    $68,398.00

  • Signed first edition of Views of Haddon Hall by Douglas Morison, containing 25 views of the great Tudor Manor house.
    Signed first edition of Views of Haddon Hall by Douglas Morison, containing 25 views of the great Tudor Manor house.

    MORISON, Douglas.
    Views of Haddon Hall. 1842.
    $2,394.00

  • First edition of Picturesque Views of the Principal Monuments in the Cemetery of Pere La Chaise by John Thomas Serres, with 10 hand-coloured lithograph plates.
    First edition of Picturesque Views of the Principal Monuments in the Cemetery of Pere La Chaise by John Thomas Serres, with 10 hand-coloured lithograph plates.

    SERRES, John Thomas (illustrator).
    Picturesque Views of the Principal Monuments in the Cemetery of Pere La Chaise, 1825.
    $1,710.00

  • First edition, first issue, of A Picturesque Tour Through the Cities of London and Westminster by Thomas Malton, one of the first great aquatint books on London, with 100 fine aquatint plates.
    First edition, first issue, of A Picturesque Tour Through the Cities of London and Westminster by Thomas Malton, one of the first great aquatint books on London, with 100 fine aquatint plates.

    MALTON, Thomas.
    A Picturesque Tour Through the Cities of London and Westminster, 1792-1801.
    $17,100.00

  • A handsome and complete set of Buck's Antiquities by Samuel and Nathaniel Buck.
    A handsome and complete set of Buck's Antiquities by Samuel and Nathaniel Buck.

    BUCK, Samuel & Nathaniel.
    Buck's Antiquities 1774.
    $78,658.00

  • First edition of Wren's City Churches by A.H. Mackmurdo in the first issue binding. The first work of Art Nouveau which can be traced
    First edition of Wren's City Churches by A.H. Mackmurdo in the first issue binding. The first work of Art Nouveau which can be traced

    MACKMURDO, A.H.
    Wren's City Churches. 1883.
    $4,104.00

  • The first edition in French of Leon Battista Alberti's monumental work of architectural theory, De re aedificatoria, with contemporary annotations in pen.
    The first edition in French of Leon Battista Alberti's monumental work of architectural theory, De re aedificatoria, with contemporary annotations in pen.

    ALBERTI, Leon Battista.
    L'Architecture et Art de Bien Bastir 1553.
    $6,840.00

  • Manz's scarce panorama of Munich. Designed for visitors, it contained 80 squares, streets and public buildings worth a visit, together with a plan
    Manz's scarce panorama of Munich. Designed for visitors, it contained 80 squares, streets and public buildings worth a visit, together with a plan

    [MANZ, Hermann (publisher)].
    Illustrirter Spaziergang durch München. Ein Panorama [1865-66].
    $6,840.00

  • The first quarto edition of Sebastiano Serlio's Libro Primo to Qvinto, bound with the Libro Estraordinario, an illustrated introduction to architecture.
    The first quarto edition of Sebastiano Serlio's Libro Primo to Qvinto, bound with the Libro Estraordinario, an illustrated introduction to architecture.

    SERLIO, Sebastiano.
    Libro Primo[-Qvinto]. D'Architettvra, Di Sebastiano Serlio Bolognese, 1566.
    $5,130.00

  • A beautiful unsophisticated copy of the notoriously rare Vitruvius Scoticus, the paramount source for the history of classical architecture in Scotland
    A beautiful unsophisticated copy of the notoriously rare Vitruvius Scoticus, the paramount source for the history of classical architecture in Scotland

    ADAM, William.
    Vitruvius Scoticus; n.d. [but circa 1730-1740, 1762, 1811].
    $34,199.00

  • The first edition of Shepherd's richly illustrated Metropolitan Improvements, including the oft omitted plan of Regents Park
    The first edition of Shepherd's richly illustrated Metropolitan Improvements, including the oft omitted plan of Regents Park

    SHEPHERD, Thomas H.
    Metropolitan Improvements; 1827.
    $616.00

  • William Beveridge's copy of London Past and Present, with amorial bookplates to front pastedowns
    William Beveridge's copy of London Past and Present, with amorial bookplates to front pastedowns

    WHEATLEY, Henry B.
    London Past and Present 1891.
    $684.00

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