Shelfmark
Bi.1.01
Author
Title
The baths of the Romans explained and illustrated. With the restorations of Palladio corrected and improved. To which is prefixed, an introductory preface, pointing out the nature of the work. And a dissertation upon the state of the arts during the different periods of the Roman Empire. By Charles Cameron ...
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed by George Scott: and to be had of the author, 1772.
Physical description
[2], iv, 66p, [2], iv, 68p, [2], LXXV plates : ill. ; Fo.
Note
Main text first in English, then in French.
Note
Footnotes contain passages in Greek and Latin. Second arabic page sequence contains a version of the text in French, with a separate titlepage: "Description des bains .".
Note
In the numbering of the plates, XII and XVI are used twice; plate [I] occurs twice, facing chapter I of both the French and English texts.
Note
With an engraved frontispiece, based on that of Burlington's "Fabbriche antiche .", 1730, and an engraved dedication to the Earl of Bute.
Note
Title-page to French version reads "Description des bains des Romains, enrichie des plans de Palladio, corriges et perfectionnes ... par Charles Cameron ...", with imprint reading "A Londres: Chez l'Auteur ...".
Note
Additional engraved title-page.
Citation/references note
Fowler, 75; ESTC T21409
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Woodbridge, Conn. : Primary Source Microfilm, an imprint of Thomson-Gale, 2005. 1 reel ; 35 mm. Unit 429. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 15011, no. 05).
Provenance
Bookplate of Sir Simon Richard Brissett Taylor (1783-1815); arms of same on covers.
Binding
?Late 18th century elaborately gold-tooled calf with arms of Sir Simon Richard Brissett Taylor (1783-1815) stamped in gold.
Subject
Baths, Roman Early works to 1800.
Subject
Architecture, Roman Early works to 1800.
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Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
fre eng lat grc
Identifier
B12719