First edition, first impression. 96pp, with monochrome plate illustrations and further line drawings in text. Yellow cloth-covered boards, brown lettering on the spine. 8vo. Cloth is a little faded on edges, gently rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends. Endpapers toned else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original worn and torn dust wrapper, chapped at edges, several tears over spine with minor loss at spine head, shelf wear visible on verso.
An extended essay on Regency Architecture in England which aims to enthuse the lay reader, featuring cities such as London, Bath and Cheltenham, and the work of architects such as John Nash, Sir Robert Smirke, Sir John Soane, James Wyatt, Decimus and others.
