Architecture.- Wrighte (William) Grotesque Architecture, or, Rural Amusement, first edition, for
Architecture.- Wrighte (William) Grotesque Architecture, or, Rural Amusement, first edition, engraved frontispiece by Isaac Taylor after A. Thornthwaite, 27 engraved plates only (of 28), advertisement leaf at end of text, trimmed throughout, in places affecting edge of plate border and caption, at text leaves just touching letters, modern patterned paper-covered boards, [Harris 952], 8vo, for Henry Webley, 1767.*** First edition of Wrighte's "very successful collection of fantastic designs for garden structures" (RIBA).
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Architecture.- Wrighte (William) Grotesque Architecture, or, Rural Amusement, first edition, engraved frontispiece by Isaac Taylor after A. Thornthwaite, 27 engraved plates only (of 28), advertisement leaf at end of text, trimmed throughout, in places affecting edge of plate border and caption, at text leaves just touching letters, modern patterned paper-covered boards, [Harris 952], 8vo, for Henry Webley, 1767.*** First edition of Wrighte's "very successful collection of fantastic designs for garden structures" (RIBA).