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Inigo Jones’s & L
d. Burlington’s designs by Kent.
g. fol.
1815 Catalogue, page 129, no. X, as above, but reading
gr. fol.
JONES,
Inigo.
The Designs of Inigo Jones, consisting of Plans and Elevations for Publick and Private Buildings. Publish’d by William Kent, with some Additional Designs
[.] The First [-Second] Volume.
m.dcc.xxvii.
Without name of place or printer. [1727.]
NA997 .J7 K4 fol.
First Edition. 2 vol. in 1. Imperial Folio. Vol. I. engraved frontispiece by B. Barton after W. Kent with a portrait of Jones, engraved vignette with a portrait of Jones on the title-page, followed by 6 leaves of text, the last for the list of subscribers, engraved vignettes and initials by
Fourdrinier after Kent, 52 plates (numbered 73, the double and triple plates being so numbered), the architectural designs of the greater number
by Inigo Jones, 7 by William Kent, 4 by the Earl of Burlington, engraved by H. Hulsbergh, P. Fourdrinier, I. Cole and Herrisset after drawings by H. Flitcroft or William Kent. Vol. II, four leaves of printed matter, including the title-page with the portrait vignette on the first title repeated,
45 engraved plates, (numbered 63, each page being separately numbered), the greater number from architectural designs by Inigo Jones, 5 after designs by the Earl of Burlington, and 4 after Palladio, the drawings by H. Flitcroft, 2 engraved by I. Cole, the rest by H. Hulsbergh.
Lowndes III, 1226.
Kimball, page 95.
In his notes on the decorative structures for Monticello, made in 1779, Jefferson several times refers to the designs of Inigo Jones,
thus establishing the fact that he either owned a copy of this work before that year, or at least had access to one. See Kimball,
Thomas Jefferson, Architect, pages 133, 134.
This work was issued in two volumes. Jefferson’s copy was bound in 1 volume. The copy in the Library of Congress is bound
in 1 volume but has no other signs of having come from Jefferson’s library.
Inigo Jones, 1573-1652, English architect and designer of masques, studied in Italy. During his lifetime he designed many important buildings
in England, including the Banqueting House in Whitehall, Lincoln’s Inn Chapel, the piazza at Covent Garden, the grand portico
at St. Paul’s Cathedral and many other buildings. A considerable number of Jones’ drawings eventually came into the hands
of the Earl of Burlington, and were published by William Kent in 1727.
Richard Boyle, 1695-1753, third Earl of Burlington, spent several years in Italy and became an admirer of Palladio. In Italy he made the
acquaintance of William Kent, who resided at Burlington House until his death, and it was through Burlington that Kent published
the designs of Inigo Jones.
William Kent, 1684-1748, English painter, sculptor, architect and landscape gardener. He studied in Rome, where in 1716 he made the acquaintance
of the Earl of Burlington, in whose house in London he lived for the rest of his life.
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Gibbs’s designs for buildings.
g. fol.
1815 Catalogue, page 129, no. W, Gibb’s Designs in Architecture, gr. fol.
GIBBS,
James.
A Book of Architecture, containing Designs of Buildings and Ornaments. By James Gibbs.
London: Printed
mdccxxviii
. [1728.]
NA2620 .G5 fol
First Edition. Imperial folio. 32 leaves of text, 150 numbered engraved plates, full or double-page, after architectural designs
by J. Gibbs, by H. Hulsbergh, J. Harris, and E. Kirkall. The printed matter consists of the title, leaf of dedication to John Duke of Argyll and Greenwich, Introduction, 2 leaves,
the description of the plates, and the list of subscribers (3 pages).
Lowndes II, 887.
Kimball, page 94.
Jefferson was using this book in 1770 and 1771. See Kimball, page 129.
For a note on Gibbs, see no. 4184.
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