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Plans, elevations, sections, and other ornaments of the Mansion-House, belonging to the Corporation of Doncaster. By James Paine.
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PAINE, James (1717--1789)
Plans, elevations, sections, and other ornaments of the Mansion-House, belonging to the Corporation of Doncaster. By James Paine.
London: printed for the author, 1751.
[6], 3, [1] p., XXI [i.e. 17] pl. (4 double each with 2 numbers) ; 41.3 cm. (4º)
The format is technically a quarto (see BAL) although the size and shape resemble a folio. With an engraved title-page vignette incorporating a portrait of the author by Charles Grignion after Francis Hayman. The Mansion House in Doncaster, completed in 1748, was Paine's first major commission. ESTC t12766; Harris and Savage, 668; BAL, Early printed books, no. 2376.
Copy Notes Front free-endpaper inscribed in pencil 10-6. Lozenge-shaped paper library label with shelfmark 135 [over] 3 affixed at the head of the front cover nearest the spine.
Binding C18th or early C19th half calf, marbled-paper boards, gilt-ruled spine, red morocco spine-label.
Reference Number 2933
Plans, elevations, sections, and other ornaments of the Mansion-House, belonging to the Corporation of Doncaster. By James Paine.
London: printed for the author, 1751.
[6], 3, [1] p., XXI [i.e. 17] pl. (4 double each with 2 numbers) ; 41.3 cm. (4º)
The format is technically a quarto (see BAL) although the size and shape resemble a folio. With an engraved title-page vignette incorporating a portrait of the author by Charles Grignion after Francis Hayman. The Mansion House in Doncaster, completed in 1748, was Paine's first major commission. ESTC t12766; Harris and Savage, 668; BAL, Early printed books, no. 2376.
Copy Notes Front free-endpaper inscribed in pencil 10-6. Lozenge-shaped paper library label with shelfmark 135 [over] 3 affixed at the head of the front cover nearest the spine.
Binding C18th or early C19th half calf, marbled-paper boards, gilt-ruled spine, red morocco spine-label.
Reference Number 2933