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SOANE (JOHN) Description of the House and Museum on the North Side of Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, the Residence of John Soane, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "To the Right Hon:be Henry Goulburn, with the authors Compts., 24 April 1830", Printed by James Moyes, 1830 image 1
SOANE (JOHN) Description of the House and Museum on the North Side of Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, the Residence of John Soane, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "To the Right Hon:be Henry Goulburn, with the authors Compts., 24 April 1830", Printed by James Moyes, 1830 image 2
SOANE (JOHN) Description of the House and Museum on the North Side of Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, the Residence of John Soane, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "To the Right Hon:be Henry Goulburn, with the authors Compts., 24 April 1830", Printed by James Moyes, 1830 image 3
SOANE (JOHN) Description of the House and Museum on the North Side of Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, the Residence of John Soane, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "To the Right Hon:be Henry Goulburn, with the authors Compts., 24 April 1830", Printed by James Moyes, 1830 image 4
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SOANE (JOHN)
Description of the House and Museum, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, James Moyes, 1830

14 November 2023, 14:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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SOANE (JOHN)

Description of the House and Museum on the North Side of Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, the Residence of John Soane, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "To the Right Hon:be Henry Goulburn, with the authors Compts., 24 April 1830", and "Not Published J.S." and "1-250" on the half-title, 17 lithographed and engraved plates and plans on 13 sheets (8 plates pasted back to back), some spotting, publisher's plain boards, with letterpress title and contents label (inked "Not Published") on upper cover, large 4to (320 x 250mm.), Printed by James Moyes, 1830

Footnotes

FINE ASSOCIATION COPY, ONE OF ONLY 250 PRINTED FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION, of Soane's description of his own home at Lincoln's Inn Fields.

In May 1829 Soane had sent his designs for a proposed New State Paper Office to the Treasury which to his relief "were approved, although not before he had been forced to make alterations at the request of Henry Goulburn, Chancellor of the Exchequer. Goulburn 'disapproved of the rusticated quoins' and desired Soane to add pilasters to the elevations in imitation of the Banqueting House... Despite Soane's opposition, and the concomitant increasing of the estimate by £3,000, the design with Goulburn's additions was approved in December 1829" (Sir John Soane's Museum Collection Online).

Provenance: Henry Goulburn (1784-1856), presentation inscription from the author, dated 24 April 1830; by descent to the present owner.

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