Architecture rare books

A pair of copper engravings, framed and glazed, overall size: 109cm by 87cm by 2cm.

six volumes, 4to, 240 plates including additional title-pages printed in colour, by Benjamin Fawcett after Lydon, original brown cloth richly decorated in gilt and black, all edges gilt; occasional light spotting, front free endpaper vol. 1 wit h wear to fore-edge, a very good set.

Second edition, 4to (28.5 x 22 cm); engraved title pages, 164 engraved plates including plans and views of the city (lacking map); light spotting, maroon half morocco, marbled boards, gilt spine in compartments, minor rubbing to spine and corners; vi, 172, iipp.

Two volumes bound as one, folio, (51 x 39 cm); 26 full page colour plates by offset lithography from the 1842 originals, very occasional spotting to margins; near contemporary rich full red morocco with gilt spine (slight fading), borders and edges, slipcase with minor wear, marbled endpapers. A fine example.

Folio, (50 x 37 cm); engraved title page and privilege, 63 plates of which 38 are double-page or folding (lacking plates 5 and 6), lower edge of some leaves restored, traces of dampstaining to lower margin; contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering to spine, boards slightly worn, corners rubbed, marbled endpapers, a very good example.

First edition; folio (545 x 390 mm); 61 engraved plates on 54 sheets, many double-page or folding by Bartolozzi, Zucchi and others, subscription list, occasional light spotting; contemporary calf gilt, rebacked, corners repaired, boards rubbed, a very good example; iv, [viii], 33, [i] pp.

5 vols, large 8vo, titles in red and black with coloured vignette, 129 engraved plates, maps, etc. after Thomas Allom, 127 illustrations in the text, some foxing or staining to titles and plates, very handsome contemporary gren half morocco gilt in the style of Lewis, a very handsome set.

First edition; one of 350 copies signed by the artist, with original ink & wash drawing of a dog below the limitation details; 4to (290 x 225 mm.); 12 tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue guards, vignette title and illustrations, all by Cecil Aldin, internally excellent; publisher's vellum-backed white boards lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, slightly marked with some browning to top-edge, rubbed at one corner, but overall very good.

Landscape folio (390 x 58 cm), etched title and 50 etched and engraved plates of the villas of Tuscany after Zocchi by Piranesi and others, mostly Italian, occasional very minor soiling, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, red morocco label, neat repairs to joints and edges.

Landscape folio (30 x 42.2 cm), engraved title, dedication to Doge Luigi Mocenigo dated 27 May 1703, 103 numbered etched views by Carlevaris, puncture marks to the centre-verso of plate 103 running through to plate 95, with associated small holes to plates 100-103, occasional faint soiling and browning, contemporary panelled calf, gilt spine with red morocco label, speckled edges; rebacked preserving spine.