Quarterly Papers on Architecture. 4 Volumes.

Total of 241 steel and lithographic engraved prints, including 81 hand coloured + 160 Uncoloured and tinted plates + text illustrations, some plates foxed. Describing and showing Church architecture throughout Europe, ground plans, coats of arms, stained glass windows, gargoyles, fonts, and fine views of the exterior and interior of English Churches, etc. Original full & half morocco gilt. Raised spine bands with elaborate gilt decoration, slight rubbing. Different gilt decorations for the two book covers dated 1845; the four volumes 1844-45 have the same gilt design on the spines. Gilt edges. John Weale (1791-1862) was an English publisher of popular scientific, architectural, engineering and educational works.