Vitruvius Britannicus, or the British Architect, Containing The Plans, Elevations, and Sections of the Regular Buildings, both Publick and Private, in Great Britain, With Variety of New Designs; in 200 large Folio Plates, Engraven by the best Hands; and Drawn either from the Buildings themselves, the the Original Designs of the Architects; In III Volumes Vol. I [-III] by Colen Campb ell Esqr....(repeated in French) Cum Privilegio Regis

published 1731

Colen Campbell

Author, British, 1676 - 1729

George Bickham Sr.

Artist, British, probably 1684 - 1769

Hendrik Hulsberg

Artist, Netherlandish, died 1729

Medium

3 parts bound in 1 vol: ill: 300 etching and engravings including title pages (24 folding, 33 double-page, numbered as 2 plates each, verso blank), plates signed by Colen Campbell with 149 signed by Henry Hulsberg as engraver, dedication pages byGeorge Bickham as engraver, several unsigned
Credit Line

Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection
Dimensions

page size: 44.9 x 28.4 cm (17 11/16 x 11 3/16 in.)
Accession

1981.70.6

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mark J. Millard, New York; gift to NGA, 1981.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1998