Main entry:

Castell, Robert.

Title & Author:

The villas of the ancients illustrated. / By Robert Castell.

Publication:

London: : printed for the author., MDCCXXVIII. [1728]

Description:

[8],128, [2] p., [22] leaves of plates : ill. ; 53 cm.

Notes:
2° : [a]² b² A-N² O1 P-2K² [$1 signed ( -a1)] ; 69 leaves.
Ill. and plates are engravings and etchings.
In three parts; parts I & III contain the Latin text and an English translation, printed in parallel columns with commentary below, of 'Pliny to Gallus' and 'Pliny to Apollinaris' - Part II contains a description of 'The villas of Varro Columella, &c.' in English only.
Pag. 81-82 misprinted as 57-58.
Paper label on inside back cover reads "Presented to the National Art Library by the Royal gardens, Kew".
UkLNAL
Part printed by William Bowyer; his records show 100 imperial and 60 superfine copies printed.
With a list of subscribers and a final unnumbered leaf containing the index.
ESTC, T50805
Fowler, 81
Maslen & Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers, 1357

Exhibitions:

38041800153322 Exhibited in: 'William Kent 1686-1748: designing Georgian Britain', Bard Graduate Centre, New York, 19 Sept. 2013-16 Feb. 2014 and Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 22 Mar.-13 July 2014. Open at plate between p. 126 and 127.

Summary:

Work treats Pliny's Laurentian and Tuscan villas and the villas described by Vareo and Columella.

Subject:

Architecture, Domestic Italy.
Country homes Rome.
Gardens England.
Gardens, Roman.
Neoclassicism (Architecture) England.
Jardins Angleterre.
Jardins romains.
Néoclassicisme (Architecture) Angleterre.
Maisons de campagne Rome.
Architecture, Domestic
Country homes
Gardens
Neoclassicism (Architecture)
England
Italy
Rome (Empire)

Form/genre:

Engravings (prints England 1728.
Etchings England 1729.
Folio (book format) England 1728.
Marbled papers England 1800-1849.
Subscription lists England 1728.
Treatises England 1729.

Added entries:

Bowyer, William, 1663-1737, printer.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, donor.
Great Britain England London.

Holdings:

Location: Library cage m 100847
Call No.: W249
Status: Available