Lot 911 John Soane. Description of the House and …

Description of the House and Museum on the North Side of Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, the Residence of John Soane. Mit 17 lithogr. Tafeln und Grundrissen. London, Moyes, 1830. Gr.-4°. 2 Bll., 56 Seiten. OPp. mit Deckelschild (etwas fleckig und beschabt, Rücken erneuert).

Architektur – Erste Ausgabe, selten. - Mit eigenhändiger Widmung des Verfassers auf Vortitel und handschriftlichem Vermerk "not published". - Außergewöhnliche architektonische Autobiografie in Buchform - ein Führer durch Soane's eigenes Haus, das heute als Sir John Soane's Museum in London bekannt ist. Das Buch beschreibt detailliert die Architektur, Raumaufteilung und Sammlungen seines Hauses in der Lincoln's Inn Fields Nr. 13, London. Mit dekorativen Innen- und Außenansichten, mehreren Grundrissen und Abbildungen seiner Sammlungen. J. Soane war einer der eigenständigsten Architekten Englands, und wegen seiner komplizierten und unerwarteten Raumwirkungen eher romantisch als klassizistisch zu bewerten. Der Höhepunkt seiner architekt. Entwicklung stellt sein eigenes Haus dar. Es ist excentrisch und individualistisch bis zur Wunderlichkeit, besonders innen mit seinen ineinandergeschachtelten und ineinanderübergehenden Räumen, verschieden hohen Böden etc. - Etwas stockfleckig, kaum sichtbarer verblasster Stempel auf Titel, hint. Innendeckel mit überstr. Namen, Innendeckel mit 2 versch. Exlibris: gestochenes, zeitgenössisches Exlibris von H. de Triqueti (französ. Maler und Bildhauer 1804-1871) und modernes Exlibris .

Architecture – First edition, rare. - With the author's autograph dedication on the half-title page and handwritten note "not published." - An extraordinary architectural autobiography in book form-a guide to Soane's own house, now known as Sir John Soane's Museum in London. The book describes in detail the architecture, layout, and collections of his house at 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London. With decorative interior and exterior views, several floor plans, and illustrations of his collections. J. Soane was one of England's most independent architects, and his complex and unexpected spatial effects make him more romantic than classicist. His own house represents the pinnacle of his architectural development. It is eccentric and individualistic to the point of eccentricity, especially inside with its interlocking and interconnecting rooms, floors of varying heights, etc. - Some foxing, barely visible faded stamp on title page, rear. Inside cover with name painted over, inside cover with 2 different bookplates: engraved contemporary bookplate by H. de Triqueti (French painter and sculptor, 1804-1871) and modern bookplate.

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