Plans, Elevations, Sections, and Perspective Views of the Gardens and Buildings of Kew. Architect: Sir William Chambers (British (born Sweden), Göteborg 1723-1796 London). Dimensions: 21 1/8 x 15 1/16 x 1 3/16 in. (53.7 x 38.3 x 3 cm). Date: 1763.An album containing a manuscript description and original drawings for the engravings published in 1763. Where missing, replacements were supplied by Chamber's office, or by the artists Thomas Sandby, William Marlow and Joshua Kirby. The contents include a title page, dedication to Lord John Stuart, Earl of Bute, three double-sided leaves describing the plates, followed by 43 leaves containing drawings upon which the engraved plates in the 1763 publication are based, plus an unpublished plan. Further additions include: "The Ceiling of the Alhambra" (34.78.2(34)), tipped in on the verso of plate 20 (page 25), and an early layout plan of the grounds (51.635.1), inserted before the final drawing. The whole bound in green morocco with gold stampi

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Plans, Elevations, Sections, and Perspective Views of the Gardens and Buildings of Kew. Architect: Sir William Chambers (British (born Sweden), Göteborg 1723-1796 London). Dimensions: 21 1/8 x 15 1/16 x 1 3/16 in. (53.7 x 38.3 x 3 cm). Date: 1763.An album containing a manuscript description and original drawings for the engravings published in 1763. Where missing, replacements were supplied by Chamber's office, or by the artists Thomas Sandby, William Marlow and Joshua Kirby. The contents include a title page, dedication to Lord John Stuart, Earl of Bute, three double-sided leaves describing the plates, followed by 43 leaves containing drawings upon which the engraved plates in the 1763 publication are based, plus an unpublished plan. Further additions include: "The Ceiling of the Alhambra" (34.78.2(34)), tipped in on the verso of plate 20 (page 25), and an early layout plan of the grounds (51.635.1), inserted before the final drawing. The whole bound in green morocco with gold stampi

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