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Architecture, Design, & Building. Leyburn (William), The Mirror of Architecture: or the Ground-Rules of the Art of Building. Exactly laid down by Vincent Scamozzi, master-builder of Venice, [issued with] Architectionice: or, a Compendium of the Art of Building [...], sixth edition, London: J. and B. Sprint, 1721, lacking all before A3, one divisional title only, 45 full-page engraved plates, 5 folding plates, one of which is defective, wormed and some stains in places, split and disbound, 4to; The Account of Pythagoras's School in Cambridge; as in Mr. Grose's Antiquities of England and Wales, and other notices, [with] Something Supplementary, s.l., s.n., n.d. [c. 1783], illustrated with 7 full-page and 2 folding engraved antiquarian plates, split, early-mid 19th c olive calf over marbled boards, rubbed, uncut, folio (34 x 21.5cm); Antique Dealer's Catalogue: Litchfield & Co:~ Furniture and Interiors of the 16th, 17th & 18th Centuries, s.l., s.n., n.d. [c. 1920], 56pp of b/w illustrations, original grey cloth gilt as issued, folio (32 x 26cm); Warwickshire: a George III parliamentary act, An act for making and maintaining a navigable Cut or Canal from the River Severn [at Hawford] [...] to [...] Chapel Bridge within the Borough of Droitwich [...], London: Mark Baskett, et al, 1768, Gothic Black Letter, contemporary sheep over marbled boards, worn, just holding, folio (29.5 x 19cm), (4)
Provenance: 2nd: Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne, PC, FRS (1812-1895); armorial bookplate to pastedown, with library book label.
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