ART & ARCHITECTURE

Manon Lescaut. From the French of L’Abbé Prévost illustrated by John Austen.

London: Geoffrey Bles, 1928. 32cms x 26 cms, ppix, 142; vellum spine on cloth, t.e.g, uncut. No. 55 of a limited edition of 500, signed by John Austen. With chapter headings, tail pieces and 12 coloured plates by Austen. Very Good condition. Price: £150.00

Nicholson, Peter. The Principles of Architecture.

London: Barfield, 1827. 3rd edn, 3 vols. 22cms x 14 cms. pp263/83/110. Hf cf on marbled boards, rubbed and worn, sps splitting. With a total of 216 mentioned copper eng’d plates, many fld’g. Some spotting and off-setting to plates and text, o/w contents clear and in good condition rebound recently in red morocco with new labels.
Attractive set Price: £350.00

[Piper, John] Ingrams, Richard, & Piper, John: Piper’s Places: John Piper in England & Wales.

London: Chatto & Windus, the Hogarth Press, 1983. 24cmsx29cms, pp 184; cloth in d/w. Dec eps. John Piper’s pictures illustrate Richard Ingram’s text in this wide-ranging examination of Piper’s celebration of the British landscape and its influence on his work. VG. Price: £55.00

Planat, P: Le Style Louis XVI.

Paris: Librarie de la Construction Moderne. [1905] Approx 181 (of 190) loose plates in folder (cloth on boards), 46cms x 34 cms. Plus some extra, smaller, plates, and also text, unopened. Some browning to margins, o/w VG overall. Price: £100.00

Ruskin, John: The Seven Lamps of Architecture.

London, Geo. Allen, 1905. 29cms x 21cms. 7th Large edn. Half-title, frontis, title page. With 14 plates. Vellum binding, dec gilt, leather labels on spine with gilt lettering. Marbled eps., top edge gilt. Prelims foxed, o/w very good. Price: £85.00