Lot 233
Loudon, John Claudius
An Encyclopaedia of Cottage, Farm and Village Architecture and Furniture
Auction: From the Library of Professor Roland Paxton | 01 October 2026 from 10am | Lots 221 to 252
Description
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1833. First edition, 8vo, contemporary tan calf by J. Mackenzie, 42 lithographic plates, bookplate of Frances Mary Richardson Currer (1785-1861), noted female bibliophile and associate of the Brontë family, and a laid-in slip of Eshton Hall stationery with a floor plan in manuscript to verso;
Martin, Thomas. The Circle of the Mechanical Arts; containing Practical Treatises on the Various Manual Arts, Trades, and Manufactures. London: for Richard Rees, 1813. First edition, 4to, contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked, gilt arms of the Society of Writers to the Signet to covers, half-title, 39 engraved plates;
Nicholson, Peter. The New Practical Builder, and Workman's Companion. London: for Thomas Kelly, 1823. First edition, 4to, modern quarter calf, wood-engraved additional title-page, 184 engraved plates including frontispiece (the latter bound at rear), spotting;
and 7 others (all with plates, not collated, comprising: The Engineer and Machinist's Drawing Book … on the Basis of the Works of M. Le Blanc, and Mm. Armengaud, Glasgow: Blackie and Son, 1857, folio; S. H. Brooks, Designs for Cottage and Villa Architecture, London, c. 1839, 4to; McWilliam, An Essay on the Origin and Operation of Dry Rot, 1818, 4to; Peter Nicholson, The Builder's and Workman's New Director, 1849, 4to; The Builder's Practical Director, Leipzig, c.1850, 4to; P. Thomson, The Cabinet Makers Sketch Book, Glasgow: William Mackenzie, c.1850, large 4to; John White, Rural Architecture, Glasgow: Blackie and Son, 1861, folio, front inner hinge gone, spine repaired) (10)
Provenance
From the collection of the late Professor Roland Paxton MBE FICE FRSE (1932-2025), 'Britain's foremost historian of civil engineering' (Telegraph, obituary, 12th November 2025); Professor Paxton was also a leading conservationist of Britain's engineering heritage, and led successful campaigns to restore two of the world's most important railway structures, the Laigh Milton Viaduct in Ayrshire, the world's oldest surviving railway bridge, and the Union Chain Bridge, the world's oldest suspension bridge still carrying road traffic.