grotesque architecture rural amusement von wrighte william (16 Ergebnisse)

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Explore the whimsical side of architectural design with William Wrighte's 'Grotesque Architecture, or, Rural Amusement.' This fascinating volume delves into the world of imaginative and unconventional building plans, offering a glimpse into the playful possibilities of domestic architecture. Focusing on designs and plans, the book showcases a unique approach to incorporating 'grotesque' elements - think fanciful details and unexpected forms - into rural landscapes.

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Zustand: Very Good. Condition: Very Good | Pages: 80 | Product Type: Other.

'New' (second) edition. 28 engraved plates plus frontispiece; bound in contemporary or early boards (probably French); small private library label on the upper board and ink notation at the top of the title page; upper left corner of the sheets waterstained; very good. While some of the plans for buildings, fountains and cascades are indeed grotesque, others are fanciful or exotic, including those for miniature mosques and minarets. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

Original Wrappers. Zustand: Near Fine+. Early Reprint. "A New Edition" of this enchanting pattern book of architectural follies, describing designs for huts, hermitages, grottoes, and other rural retreats in which many bizarre building materials are incorporated. Tall 8vo (250 x 132mm)): 8pp, with allegorical frontispiece by A. Thornthwaite, engraved by Isaac Taylor (Archer notes that Wrighte was first to publish a scene [the frontispiece] in a book of architectural designs, showing specific structures set into natural surroundings in a consciously artful way); 28 full-page plates (25 designs for various garden structures, some with plans demonstrating Wrighte's concern for Palladian principles of proportion and symmetry), and eight-page publisher's catalogue. Original plain blue wrappers lined with stiff white paper; custom brown cloth clamshell case, black leather label gilt to front, printed paper label to spine. A superb, unsophisticated survival, uncut in original wrappers, light water spots to front wrapper (but none within), occasional light foxing, an excellent example. Archer 358.4. RIBA 3724. Harris 954. Colvin, p. 1169 ("This was a successful pattern book, but nothing whatever is known about its author."). Schimmelman 147. The Third Edition (of four), virtually unaltered from the first edition of 1767. Wrighte's terse text (descriptions of the plates that follow) offers charming asides; of one structure he writes, "This design is calculated to be built on a small verdant amphitheatre, near a murmuring stream, and as a proper retreat from the fatigues of a sultry day." In the publisher's catalogue at rear, this title is one of 32 architectural and decorative pattern books, and the fact that it went into three editions over a period of 35 years indicates its perceived importance. "Although lacking Thomas Wrighte's inventive genius [Thomas Wrighte was a landscape gardener and amateur architect who published designs for Arbors (1755) and Grottos (1758)], William Wrighte's collection of grotesque folliesmosques, hermitages and the like, built of rustic materials, moss, branches, roots, thatch, even woolhad far greater impact, being the only pattern-book on the subject that was readily available and easily manageable, which Thomas Wrighte's books certainly were not." (Harris) N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable polypropylene sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).

Hardcover. New Edition. 14 pages in text. 24 x 14.5 cm. Leaf after text, advert by publisher for Books on Architecture. ARCHER 358.5. "The plans reveal Wrighte's Concern for Palladian principle of proportion and symmetry. Typical examples are composed of squares, circles, and other regular figures; the hut in Plate 1 is square in plan, 10 feet 9 inches on a side, and the plan of the mosque in Plate 22 consists of a circle, 20 feet in diameter, plus four squares, eight feet on a side, attached symmetrically to the perimeter of the circle." Archer also notes Wrighte was the first to publish a scene (frontispiece) in a book of architectural designs -- showing specific designs set into natural surroundings in a consciously artful way. Few worm holes in margins, spine dried, extremity rubbing. Contemporary leather backed marbled boards. Very good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Wrighte, William. Grotesque architecture, or rural amusement; consisting of plans, elevations, and sections, for huts, retreats, summer and winter hermitages . cascades, baths, mosques, moresque pavilions, grotesque and rustic seats, green houses &c, London, I.J. Taylor, 1790. 8vo. 14pp + (2)pp publisher's list. With engraved frontispiece by A. Thornthwaite, and 28 engraved plates. Ochre morocco, with gilt grotto design on front cover, similarly blind-stamped on back, gilt title on cover and spine (by Peter Foster, with his fish device inside back cover). A finely produced catalogue of measured plans for grottoes, hermitages and exotic garden buldings. Oriental or rustic in inspiration, several have Indian or Turkish motifs - lotus leaf bases, columns terminating in palms, mosque-like domes; there are 4 dramatic designs for picturesque cascades. An innovation of note is the frontispiece of a landscape setting which incorporates in one plate most of Wrighte's designs; it was intended to help the 'prospective client' visualize his choice of feature in situ. Archer says 'Wrighte was the first to publish such a scene in a book of architectural designs - showing specific designs set into natural surroundings in a consciously artful way'. Wrighte cites Thomas Shaw's Travels . (in) Barbary and the Levant, (1738) as his authority on mosques. The second edition (the first was published in 1767). A very good copy. Bookplate of John Steegman, tipped in. Berlin Katalog 3420. John Archer, The Literature of British Domestic Architecture 1715-1842, 1985, p853. See also Eleanor von Erdberg, Chinese Influence on European Garden Structures, 1936, p209 etc.

Hardcover. Zustand: Befriedigend. 1. Auflage. 14 pages (including etched frontispiece), 1 uncounted leaf, 28 plates (complete). 4°. Early work on architectural follies by the obscure British architect William Wrighte. "Another example of this fascination with ruinous materials is William Wrighte's "Grotesque Architecture, or Rural Amusement" (1967) [.] The frontispiece [.] is filled with representations of ruins, from the ruined arch in the right background, framed by a large oak, to the primitive hut in the left middle ground, to the crumbling hermitage in the right foreground. The quotation on the frontispiece, from Robert Norris's "Art of Architecture" (1742), emphasizes the rough surface of the buildings and the way it should interact with natural elements[.]" (Wanning Harries, 1994, p. 72). Recent full-leather binding with gilded back. Browning and foxing throughout. Flyleaves heavily stained. Title page with small ink stains. Plate 16 with loss in upper right edge (in white margin). Owner's entry on front flyleaf. First edition. Rare.