Sir William Chambers : Knight of the Polar Star / by John Harris ; with contributions by J. Mordaunt Crook and Eileen Harris

London : A. Zwemmer Ltd, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xvi, 397 pages, unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations, plans, portraits ; 31 cm. Series; Studies in architecture ; vol.9. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-258) and indexes. ""Catalogue of work"": pages 195-256. John Harris was Keeper of the Drawings Collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Contents; Includes appendices: lists of portraits, exhibitions, sales, collections of Chamber's correspondence; bank account details; the Whitton Inventory (Royal Academy of Arts); inscription for a monument to the memory of Sir William Chambers; genealogical tables; description of the Franco-Italian album and list of the loose drawings of French and Italian buildings, Victoria and Albert Museum, London; and letter of Sir William Chambers to a gentleman who had objected to certain parts of his Treatise on oriental gardening. Also includes catalogue of Chamber's works; and index to the distribution of designs in collections. Subjects; Chambers, William Sir 1723-1796. Chambers, William Sir 1723-1796 ; Catalogs. Chambers, William Sir. Architects Great Britain. Architektur. Architecture, Modern 17th-18th centuries Great Britain. Architects England Biography.