THE GENTLEMAN'S HOUSE; or, How to Plan English Residences from the Parsonage to the Palace With Tables of Accommodation and Cost, and a Series of Selected Plans

FIRST EDITION 8vo. blue cloth hardback, gilt. 484pp. with 20 wood-engravings within the text, plus 44 plates of plans and elevations, mostly fold-out. Previous owner's small bookplate (pasted over another, earlier one) to front pastedown. Occasional light foxing, mainly to prelims. Front and rear inner hinges a little weak with splitting to the endpapers. Top, base and edges of spine rather worn with slight loss. Boards somewhat rubbed and soiled with light edgewear. Overall a Good, Sound copy.