Jun 10, 2015 - Sale 2387

Sale 2387 - Lot 23

Price Realized: $ 1,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
PLAW, JOHN. Ferme Ornée; or Rural Improvements. A Series of Domestic and Ornamental Designs, suited to Parks, Plantations, Rides, Walks, Rivers, Farms, etc., 38 engraved plates printed in bistre. Bound with Plaw, John: Sketches for Country Houses, Villas, and Rural Dwellings; Calculated for Persons of Moderate Income, and for Comfortable Retirement. 41 engraved plates printed in bistre. Bound with: Atkinson, William. Views of Picturesque Cottages with Plans. 20 plates, most printed in bistre. 4to, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, spine defective; scattered foxing, heaviest to first volume; bookplate of William Whytehead. London: Taylor, 1796, 1800; and London: T. Gardiner, 1805

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first editions of popular pattern books for various english dwellings bound together in the 19th century. The examples are handsomely printed, some with plans engraved in the plates with the design, others show floor plans and views of buildings in their landscapes printed separately.