Reference number
Vol 93/18
Purpose
Nicholas Stone the Younger (d. 1647), Sketchbook containing drawings of buildings in France and Italy, plans, elevations, sections and details of churches, palazzi and villas in Paris, Florence and Rome; also An abstract/of the Journal of Nicolas Stone, a draft of a letter to his uncle of March 1646, accounts dated April 1647 and notes relating to transactions with Henry Wilson for quantities of stone from March 1646 to June 1647,1638-47 (70 leaves). Insc: (on spine) Nicol: Stone/Drawings, (title page) J Paine Jnr Archt 1776 and (p.2) This book did belong to Nicholas Stone Junior/he took it with him, wherein he made the/— of his travels he set out/from England 1638 travelled thro' France Italy etc/and was returned 1642 and died 1647 was buried/by his father in St Martins Church in the Fields. London. Marbled boards, leather spine (305 x 195)