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The plans, elevations and sections, of Holkham in Norfolk, the seat of the late Earl of Leicester. To which are added, the cielings and chimney-pieces; and also a descriptive account of the statues, pictures, and drawings; not in the former edition. By Matthew Brettingham, architect.

Accession number
PML 53015
Creator
Brettingham, Matthew, 1699-1769.
Published
London : Printed by T. Spilsbury, and sold by B. White, 1773.
Credit line
Gift of Henry S. Morgan, 1962.
Notes
First edition published in 1761.
69 plates engraved by Robert Baldwin, Tobias Müller, Edward Rooker, Palcido Columbani, John Roberts, Giovanni Vitalba, Charles William White, Peter Maxell, Thomas Morris and Anthony Walker.
List of plates in Italian.
Although Brettingham assumes the credit for having built Holkham hall, the real architect was William Kent, from whose designs Brettingham made the drawings.
Edited by Robert Furze Brettingham.
Description
x, 24 p. : 69 pl. (part fold., incl. plans) ; 54 cm
Provenance
Mrs. J.P. Morgan's collection.
Binding
3/4 calf.
Classification
Department