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A collection of ceilings, decorated in the style of the antique grotesque; containing designs fit for adorning halls, parlours, antichambers ... / designed and etched on XLVIII plates by George Richardson, architect = Collection de plafonds ornes dans le genre des grotesques antiques; contenant des desseins propres pour embellir des vestibules, des antichambres ... / dessinés et gravés par George Richardson, architecte.

Accession number
PML 55767
Creator
Richardson, George, 1736?-1817?
Published
London : Printed for the author ... and sold by Mr. George Nicol ... , MDCCXCIII [1793]
Credit line
Gift of Henry S. Morgan, 1965.
Notes
English and French in parallel columns.
Engraved dedication included in plates.
Plates numbered I-XLVIII, the last plate on double-size leaf folded at centre.
First edition published in 1776 under title: A book of ceilings, composed in the style of the antique grotesque.
Description
iv, 5-12 p., [50] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. (engravings) ; 57 cm.
Provenance
Mrs. J.P. Morgan's collection.
Binding
3/4 tan calf.
Classification
Book
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Department
Printed Books