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Architecture.- Vardy (John) Some Designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. Wm. Kent, 53 engraved plates, John Vardy, 1744.

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Architecture.- Vardy (John, publisher) Some Designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. Wm. Kent, engraved throughout with decorative title by Kent, 2 leaves Table of Plates and 53 plates by Vardy after Jones or Kent, some light soiling and very faint water-staining, mostly marginal, nineteenth century half red roan, spine gilt, slightly rubbed at edges, [Berlin Kat. 2279; Harris 881], folio, John Vardy, 1744.

⁂ Comprising 17 designs by Jones, mostly for chimneypieces, the rest by Kent of a variety of subjects: urns, candelabra, garden buildings etc. including Merlin's Cave at Richmond. Vardy took over the building of Horse Guards following Kent's death in 1748.


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Architecture.- Vardy (John, publisher) Some Designs of Mr. Inigo Jones and Mr. Wm. Kent, engraved throughout with decorative title by Kent, 2 leaves Table of Plates and 53 plates by Vardy after Jones or Kent, some light soiling and very faint water-staining, mostly marginal, nineteenth century half red roan, spine gilt, slightly rubbed at edges, [Berlin Kat. 2279; Harris 881], folio, John Vardy, 1744.

⁂ Comprising 17 designs by Jones, mostly for chimneypieces, the rest by Kent of a variety of subjects: urns, candelabra, garden buildings etc. including Merlin's Cave at Richmond. Vardy took over the building of Horse Guards following Kent's death in 1748.

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