JONES (Inigo): THE DESIGNS OF INIGO JONES consisting of plans and elevations for publick and private buildings publish'd by William Kent, 1727

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JONES (Inigo): THE DESIGNS OF INIGO JONES consisting of plans and elevations for publick and private buildings publish'd by William Kent, 1727

FIRST EDITION, 2 vols. in one, folio (540 x 370mm.), engraved frontispiece by W. Barton after Kent, titles with engraved portrait vignettes of Inigo Jones, 2pp. list of subscribers, engraved head- and tail-pieces and 136 plates on 96 leaves, some joined and folding, many double-page, uncut, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards (somewhat rubbed and worn), contained in modern brown morocco-backed box

The plates are engraved by H. Hulsbergh, P. Fourdrinier, J. Cole and A. Herisset from the designs of Henry Flitcroft and William Kent of the work of Inigo Jones, Lord Burlington, Palladio and Kent. Fowler 162

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