A Treatise on the Decorative Part of Civil Architecture public slightly rubbed at extremities and

slightly rubbed at extremities and points of the corners

known for his shabby bedsitting room in the original 1956 Royal Court Theatre production of John Osborne's 'Look Back in Anger

A very nice copy of this rather uncommon title

all first editions

A Treatise on the Decorative Part of Civil Architecture public slightly rubbed at extremities andA TREATISE ON THE DECORATIVE PART OF CIVIL ARCHITECTURE BY SIR WILLIAM CHAMBERS, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS, NOTES, AND AN EXAMINATION OF GRECIAN ARCHITECTURE BY JOSEPH GWILT. REVISED AND EDITED BY W. H. LEEDS London: Lockwood and Co, 1862. Revised edition of work originally published in 1759. 4to. viii, 336pp. Frontispiece with tissue guard plus fifty four full page plates. Original publisher's lavender cloth; lettered and blocked in gilt; spine sun faded to