1715 CAMPBELL VITRUVIUS BRITANNICUS HIGH MEADOW 2 PRINT

1715 CAMPBELL VITRUVIUS BRITANNICUS HIGH MEADOW 2 PRINT (image 1/1)
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1715 Colen Campbell Vitruvius BritannicusThe elevation of High Meadow in Glostershire the seat of Thomas Gage We are delighted to offer these first edition exquisite & extremely rare black & white copper engravings Vitruvius Britannicus or, the British Architect. Containing the Plans, Elevations, and Sections of the most Regular Buildings both Publick & Private in Great Britain . Colen Campbell ( 1676 -1729 ) was a Scotsman & a lawyer who took up architecture. Vitruvius Britannicus was the first English architectural publication since Elizabethan times, & catalogued the work of great architects of the time, including Inigo Jones and Sir Christopher Wren , as well as Campbell himself. It was a time when Britain was growing tired of the excesses of the ornate Baroque period and returning to classical or Neo-Palladian architecture. It was also the beginning of a building boom amongst the aristocracy & Whig politicians of the day. Campbell’s work secured him many commissions & for a short time he served as a government advisor. These superb engravings are certainly testament to the extent & grandeur of this new architectural style, epitomized by the magnificent Blenheim Palace, home of the Duke of Marlborough, set in sweeping parks in Woodstock, near Oxford.The grounds of this palace have long been open to the public, & we played read more
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