Gyfford, E, Designs for small picturesque cottages and hunting boxes , 1807
- Title(s):
- Designs for small picturesque cottages and hunting boxes : adapted for ornamental retreats and hunting and shooting : also some designs for park entrances, bridges, &c carefully studied and thrown into perspective / by E. Gyfford, architect ; engraved on twenty plates ; forming part the first of a series of select architecture.
- Published/Created:
- London : Published by J. Taylor, at the Architectural Library, no. 59, High Holborn, J. Harding, St. James's Street, and J. Carpenter, Old Bond Street, 1807.
- Physical Description:
- 16 p., 20 leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsNA7562 G92+ Oversize[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsNA7562 G92+ Copy 2 Oversize[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsNA7562 G9+ Copy 3 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/191915
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Gyfford's original drawings for this work are now in the collections of the Yale Center for British Art, Department of Rare Books and Manuscripts (NA7562 .G92a+ Oversize).
The 20 plates depict designs for cottages (nos. 1-3), hunting boxes (4-14), park entrances and lodges (15-17), bridges (18-19), and a Chinese temple (20).
"S. Gosnell, printer, Little Queen Street."--Verso of title page.
British Architectural Library. Early printed books, 1478-1840, 1418
BAC : British Art Center has 3 copies. Copy 1 has the bookplate of Chas. F. Humbert. Copy 2, which is 29 cm., has the bookplate of the Rt. Hon. Lord Gray. With copy 2 is bound copy 2 of the author's Designs for elegant cottages and small villas. London, 1806. Copy 3, which is 31 cm., is bound with copy 3 of the author's Designs for elegant cottages and small villas. London, 1806 (call number: NA7562 +G9). - Subject Terms:
- Architecture, Domestic -- Great Britain -- Designs and plans.Carpenter, J. -- Publisher.Cottages -- Great Britain -- Designs and plans.Gray, Lord -- Bookplate.Harding, J. -- Publisher.Humbert, Charles F. -- Bookplate.Picturesque, The, in architecture -- Great Britain.Taylor, J. -- Publisher.
- Form/Genre:
- Aquatints -- 1807.
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