Bidspirit auction | Tatham - Ancient Architectural Ornaments

Tatham - Ancient Architectural Ornaments - Architecture. - Tatham, CH Selected examples of antique architectural ornaments after the finest originals in Rome and other parts of Italy in the years 1794, 1795, 1796. Part 1 (of 3). Weimar, Landes-Industrie-Comptoir, 1805. 8 pp. (text). With 26 copperplate engravings. Folio. Simple original boards with cover label (stained, bumped). The large-format plates show entablatures, friezes, corniches, festoons, consoles, marble vases, pedestals, etc. - Complete first delivery with 26 plates; a total of three deliveries with 78 plates were published. - Plates are slightly foxed in places (mostly only in the white border).