Search Results: architectural illustrations and description of the by robert william billings

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

T .and W. Boone, 1843. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1843. No Edition Remarks. No dust jacket. Red and green half bound leather boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Textblock edges dyed gilt. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are a mildly crushed, with small splits and peeling. Light tanning to spine and edges. Visible wear marks to boards.

London: Thomas and William Boone, 1840 . First edition. Leather. Very Good. 11.5" by 9". Robert William Billings. The first editions of two works from British architect, author and draughtsman Robert William Billings, examining the architecture of Carlisle and Worcester Cathedrals. The first work present is the first edition of Billings's study of the history and architecture of Carlisle Cathedral. Collated, illustrated with a frontispiece and forty four plates, lacking only plate V.The second work is Billings's examination of the geometry of the gothic designs of Carlisle and Worcester Cathedrals. Illustrated with five engraved plates, as called for by the 'List of Plates' leaf. Collated, complete.This second work was the subject of some scholarly discussion, with the Art Journal reviewing it positively in the year of publication.With the armorial bookplate of Robert Ward to the front pastedown.Both published in 1840, these two works provide a wonderfully insightful portrait of two of England's… Read More

London: T. And W.Boone.and the Author., 1843., 1843. 4to. pp. viii, 54, [4]. 75 engraved plates (incl frontis.) engraved by George Winter, G.Gladwin & others after drawings by Billings. engraved title vignette. contemporary half russia (joints rubbed & partly cracked, lower corners knocked, significant foxing to plates but usually only affecting the margins). First Edition.. F.

London: Thomas And William Boone, And The Author, 1840-42., 1840. large 4to. pp. vi, 92; 8. 45 & 20 engraved plates respectively by Saddler, Gladwin, & others after drawings by Billings. 1 wood-engraved text figure.wood-engraved title vignette. 19th century half chagrin (rubbed, paper peeling from upper cover, dampstain to outer margin of plates & to half or frontis. & title). First Editions..