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James Gibbs (1) (1682–1754)

Author of Gibbs' Book of Architecture: An Eighteenth-Century Classic

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Image credit: James Gibbs FRS, 1700, by Andrea Soldi. Wikimedia Commons.

Works by James Gibbs

Gibbs' Book of Architecture: An Eighteenth-Century Classic (1728) 43 copies

Rules for drawing the several parts of architecture, in a more exact and easy manner than has been heretofore practised, by which all fractions, in dividing the principal members… 6 copies

Designs of Buildings and Ornaments: A Collection of the Best Plates from this Work 1 copy

Rules for drawing architecture (The Architectural reprint) (1909) 1 copy

Associated Works

Architectural Theory: From the Renaissance to the Present (2003) — Contributor — 328 copies, 3 reviews

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Birthdate: 1682
Date of death: 1754
Gender: male
Occupations: architect
Awards and honors: Fellow of the Royal Society
Nationality: Scotland
UK

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ISBNs: 21

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