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Vitruvius Britannicus, or the British architect : containing the plans, elevations, and sections of the regular buildings, both publick and private, in Great Britain, with variety of new designs; in 200 large folio plates. Engraven by the best hands; and drawn either from the buildings themselves or the original designs of the architects; in II volumes ... by Colen Campbell Esqr.
Vitruvius Britannicus, or the British architect : containing the plans, elevations, and sections of the regular buildings, both publick and private, in Great Britain, with variety of new designs; in 200 large folio plates. Engraven by the best hands; and drawn either from the buildings themselves or the original designs of the architects; in II volumes ... by Colen Campbell Esqr.
Vitruvius Britannicus, or the British architect : containing the plans, elevations, and sections of the regular buildings, both publick and private, in Great Britain, with variety of new designs; in 200 large folio plates. Engraven by the best hands; and drawn either from the buildings themselves or the original designs of the architects; in II volumes ... by Colen Campbell Esqr.
Vitruvius Britannicus. Vol.1-2
Vitruvius Britannicus, ou l'architecte britannique, contenant les plans, elevations, & sections des bâtimens reguliers, tant particuliers que publics de la Grande Bretagne, comprisen 200 grandes planches gravez en taille douce par les meilleurs maitres, et tous ou dessinez des bâtimens memes, ou copiez des desseins originaux des architectes: en deux tomes. ... Par le Sieur Campbell. Cum privilegio regis
Campbell, Colen (author)
1722
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English Short Title Catalog, T50966
In this issue, the imprint and date have been erased from the engraved titlepages of both volumes, and the subscription list to vol.I is absent
Presumbly appeared some time between the first edition of vol.II (1717) and that of vol.III (1725). There is external evidence of a reissue of vols 1-2 in 1722 and 1725. See T.P. Connor 'The making of Vitruvius Britannicus', Architectural History, 20 (1977) p.17
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This issue has no French text; another issue has parallel French and English texts
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