1. Britton, John.

The Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain Represented and Illustrated in a Series of Views, Elevations, Plans, Sections and Details, of [Various] Ancient English Edifices: With historical and descriptive accounts of Each. [Including the rare Volume V: “Chronological History and Graphic Illustrations of Christian Architecture in England – Embracing “A Critical Inquiry into the Rise, Progress and Perfection of this Species of Architecture; Also Eighty-six Plates of Plans, Sections, Elevations and Views with Historical and Descriptive Accounts of each Edifice and Subject; an Alphabetical List of Architects of the Middle Ages and Chronological Lists of Ancient Churches, Sepulchral Monuments, Pulpits, Fonts, Stone Crosses, etc. – A Dictionary of Architectural Terms and copious Indexes].

First Edition. Five Volumes [complete set]. London, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme; J.Taylor, Architectural Library and the Author, 1807 – 1835. Quarto (24 cm x 30 cm). Complete with 278 plates. Original Hardcover (Volume I professionally rebound, Volumes 2, 3, 4 and 5, professionally repaired. All Volumes in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Only very few plates with faded dampstain to outer margins. An extraordinary set of architectural scenery in high-quality engravings.

2. Lloyd, Nathaniel.

A History of the English House – From the Primitive Times to the Victorian Period.

Second Edition. London, The Architectural Press, 1949. Quarto: (23 cm wide x 31 cm high). 487 pages with a large section of 888 (!) illustrations. Original Hardcover / Original green publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine and frontcover. Binding slightly stained and bumped but overall firm and especially the interior in absolutely excellent condition.

3. [Vanbrugh, John] Whistler, Laurence.

The Imagination of Vanbrugh and his fellow artists. [Together with the 4 Volume set of Complete Works of Sir John Vanbrugh (Bloomsbury, The Nonesuch Press, 1927) / Also together with an original, limited engraving of Vanbrugh’s “Pyramid at Stowe” by Artist John Ingamells].

First Edition. London, Art and Technics Limited/B.T. Batsford Limited, 1954. 22cm x 32cm. XV, 269, 86 unnumbered pages of illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear to the slightly stained binding. [Including: Vanbrugh, John. The Complete Works of Sir John VanBrugh. The Plays Edited by Banamy Dobree. The Letters Edited by Geoffrey Webb. Volume I: Introduction / The Relapse / The Provok’d Wife / A Short Vindication of the Relapse and the Provok’d Wife from Immorality and Prohpaneness / Volume II containing: Aesop – Parts I and II / The Pilgrim / The False Friend / The Country House – Volume III: The Confederacy / The Mistake / A Journey to London / The Provok’d Husband / The Fourth Volume containing The Letters // Number1295 of 1300 numbered sets on machine-made paper (total 1410). Four Volumes (complete). Bloomsbury, The Nonesuch Press, 1927. 20cm x 26.5cm. XLIV, 239, 257, 290, 284 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with some signs of external wear. The Volumes in firm condition]