Burges W. — Architectural Drawings

London, William Clowes and Sons, 1870. Hardcover. Oversized burgundy cloth with leather spine and corners. 29 pp + 75 plates (monochrome lithographs). Architectural studies of 13th-century buildings and furnishings by William Burges, compiled during his travels in the 1850s. Printed for subscribers and lists subscribers, mostly architects. With an introduction, followed by descriptions of each plate. Subjects include Beauvais Cathedral, Palazzo Vecchio, Carnarvon Castle, Salisbury Cathedral, Suleyman Mosque in Istanbul, and more. With images of chalices, bird cages, doorways, vestry chests, window and other furniture, canopies, elevations, finials, cornices, curtain walls, balconies, fountains, crosses, flying buttresses, and men's and women's clothing. Good (Leather is crumbling, and sections of the spine are missing. Corners rounded. Bookplate of previous owner, Hobart Upjohn, American Architect, inside front cover. Light age toning but pages are otherwise very clean.) .