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Plans, elevations, and sections, of buildings public and private : executed in various parts of England, &c., including the new custom-house, London, with plans, details, and descriptions
Title
Plans, elevations, and sections, of buildings public and private : executed in various parts of England, &c., including the new custom-house, London, with plans, details, and descriptions / engraved on fifty-nine plates by David Laing, F.S.A., architect and surveyor to the Board of Customs, &c.
Publication
London : Printed by Bensley and Sons, Bolt-Court, Fleet-Street, and published by J. Taylor, Architectural Library, High Holborn, MDCCCXVIII [1818]
Physical Description
[10], xiv, [2], 44 pages, 57 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 55 cm
Local Notes
BAC: British Art Center copy 1 bound in later maroon half morocco, with contemporary marbled boards.
BAC: British Center copy 2 bound in publisher's original paper covered boards.
Notes
Engravings by James Davis, Isaac Taylor, William Woolnoth, John Roffe, R. Roffe, and Joseph Skelton; after David Laing.
The majority of the work (30 pages and 41 plates) illustrates Laing's new Custom House In London. Plates 54-57 show designs for his villas and the Church of St. Dunstan in the East.
With a list of subscribers preceding the introduction.
Variant and related titles
Half-title: Plans of buildings public and private, including the new custom-house, London, &c. &c. &c.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
British Architectural Library. Early printed books, 1478-1840, 1716
Archer, J. British domestic architecture, 171.1
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Subscriber's lists.
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Bensley and Son, printer.
Great Britain England London.
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