The plans, elevations, and sections; chimney-pieces, and cielings [sic] of Houghton in Norfolk; built by the Rt. Honourable Sr. Robert Walpole; First Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Knt. of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. Who was for his great merit created Earl of Orford, &c. The whole designed by Thomas Ripley Esqr. Delineated by Isaac Ware and William Kent Esqrs. And most elegantly engrav'd by the ingenious Mr. Fourdrinier. With a description of the house and of the elegant collection of pictures
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London : sold by C. Fourdrinier at the corner of Craggs Court Charing Cross Mr. Lewis in Russel Street - Covent Garden, Messrs. Messrs Piers & Welbley Holbourn, MDCCLX [1760]
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Ware, Isaac, -1766, illustrator.; Kent, William, 1685-1748, illustrator.; Ripley, Thomas, -1758, architect.; Fourdrinier, Paul, 1698-1758, engraver.; Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797. Description of the most magnificent seat of Houghton-Hall.; Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797. Aedes Walpolianae. Selections.; [Fourdrinier, C. (Charles)], bookseller.; Lewis, Thomas, -1802, bookseller. ; [Piers & Welbley], bookseller.
- Publication year
- 1760
- ESTC No.
- N68096
- Grub Street ID
- 49588
- Description
- 10 p., [30] leaves of plates (9 folded) : ill. ; 2°.
- Note
- The letterpress text (10 p.) is reprinted from Horace Walpole's Aedes Walpolianae, with caption title: A description of the most magnificent seat of Houghton-Hall, in Norfolk, built by Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford; designed by Thomas Ripley, Esq; with a description of the elegant collection of pictures, and the measures of them
Two of the plates are the engraved title page and the engraved dedication, preceding p. [1]
In some copies, the folded plates are bound sewn in the center and counted as two leaves each, resulting in a total of 39 leaves
Each leaf is signed on the recto, A-E.
- Uncontrolled note
- Verify title, imprint, and pagination. Unfortunately, Obr was not able to supply a titlepage