Sir William Chambers. Knight of the Polar Star

London: A. Zwemmer Ltd, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Lrg. 4to. xvi,397pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on spine in original dust jacket. Minor age wear and scuffing on binding. Discoloration on top page edge. Some creasing and minor staining on dj, inside flaps of dust jacket. Dated and signed by previous owner on free front endpaper. Frontispiece of Chambers. "With this first serious study of Sir William Chambers, an architect who dominated the professional and official architectural scene in his day, he has filled an important gap in the history (truncated) of eighteenth-century English architecture. With 199 half-tone illustrations and 16 text-figures." Contributions by J. Mordaunt Crook and Eileen Harris. Overall very good condition. (Inventory #: 21413)