GIBBS, James (1682-1754). Rules for Drawing the Several Parts of Architecture. London: W. Bowyer for the Author, 1732. 2° (460 x 290mm). 64 engraved plates. (Occasional minor scattered spotting.) Contemporary calf, edges sprinkled red (worn, sides scuffed, lower board stained). Provenance: Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet of Eaton (bookplate) – Hugh Lupus, 1st Duke of Westminster (1825-1899).

GIBBS, James (1682-1754). Rules for Drawing the Several Parts of Architecture. London: W. Bowyer for the Author, 1732. 2° (460 x 290mm). 64 engraved plates. (Occasional minor scattered spotting.) Contemporary calf, edges sprinkled red (worn, sides scuffed, lower board stained). Provenance: Sir Robert Grosvenor, 6th Baronet of Eaton (bookplate) – Hugh Lupus, 1st Duke of Westminster (1825-1899).

FIRST EDITION of Gibbs’s ‘authoritative source book for British and American architects’ (Archer), and a ‘demonstration of his experiments in drawing the Orders’ (RIBA). Archer 451.1; RIBA 1207.