Campbell (Colen), Woolfe (John) and James Gandon. Vitruvius Britannicus, or The British Architect..., 5 vol., vol.1-3 later editions, vol.4 & 5 first editions, engraved titles in all but vol.3 (that in red and black), titles of vol.1 & 2 in third state without imprints, titles and text all in English and French, engraved dedications in all but vol.2 & 3, vol.4 & 5 with lists of subscribers, 491 engraved plates on 385 sheets only (of 493 on 386, lacking the double-page plate of Umberslade at end of vol.3, often missing), including 91 double-page plates and 5 quadruple, this copy with an additional engraved allegorical frontispiece in vol.1 after William Kent, vol.3 with later engraving of Wycliffe Hall & letterpress description mounted on verso of plate 91, vol.4 with engraving of the Pantheon with royal box by James Wyatt for commemoration of Handel mounted as frontispiece, and vol.5 with engraving of 'Royal Academy in the Strand' (Somerset House) mounted on rear endpaper (all trimmed to border or plate-mark), some light foxing or browning (slightly worse in vol.4 & 5, titles browned), engraved bookplate of John Cade, contemporary calf with decorative roll border, rather rubbed and scuffed, corners worn, rebacked preserving old red & black roan labels (one or two chipped), some regilding to borders, [Berlin Kat. 2329, vol.3-5; Fowler 76, vol.4; Harris 102 & 945; Millard, British 10 & 94], folio, [?1731]-31-67-71.

? Campbell's monumental work promoting the virtues of neo-Palladianism and featuring many of the great houses of England.