The book “A Collection of designs for rural retreats, as villas” by James Malton depicts designs of British country houses of the 17th century. He talks about the style of villas and highlights the rejection of Roman and Greek styles. Having that in mind I started searching for books that also focus on this topic….
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The first thing I did was set Alice’s brain to ‘Architecture Library’. Then, I searched for ‘villa design’ because my book by James Malton is a collection of design for rural retreats, such as villas. So, I figured that my search would give me something useful. Even though I got over 200 results, none of…
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Full title: A Collection of Designs for Rural Retreats, As Villas. Principally in the Gothic and Castle Styles of Architecture. With Their Ichnography, or Plans, Laid Down to Scale; and Other Appendages. The full title of the book reveals the exact content. The first part is a general insight of what we can expect. But…
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The book is called “Collection of designs for rural retreats as villas. Principally in the Gothic and Castle styles of Architecture. With their Iconography or Plans, laid down to Scale and other Appendages. » Therefore we from first sight know that the book compiles different designs and descriptions of villas in a rural context. List of…
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James Malton: A Collection of Designs for Rural Retreats, as Villas (1802) Online version of book: Real-life version of book: