Plas Mawr, Conway, N. Wales BAKER Arthur d1896/7. and BAKER Sir Herbert [Sir] 1862-1946 Publisher: Farmer & Sons Publish Year: 1888 Publish Place: 1, Edwardes Terrace, Kensington, London. Illustrator: BAKER Arthur & BAKER Herbert Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 004302 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Very Good Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall Jacket Condition: Unknown Binding: Hardcover Book Type: Unknown Edition: Limited Edition Inscription: Unknown £500 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information An edition limited to 200 copies. In its red cloth covers, bevelled edges, gilt coat of arms, corners & edges lightly bumped & worn, front top edge faded. Spine & title faded, small mark, edges bumped. Internally, [4], 62 pp, [1], [1], 23 leaves of plates, yellow endpapers, 2 bookplates of John Thompson - possibly architect, small red cloth stain to front edge of ffep and next 5, very light foxing to tp, printed by Farmer & Sons, Steam Printers, small binders label to ep (Harrison & Sons). Contains, list of subscribers, Ancestry & Pedigree of Robert Wynnes, Dorothy Gryffith, Lord Mostyn etc. Always a very difficult book to find! Arthur and Herbert Baker, Honorary Architects to the Royal Cambrian Academy of Arts. Plas Mawr was built between 1576 and 1585 for the Welsh merchant Robert Wynn. The striking Elizabethan townhouse is regarded as one of the finest surviving examples of its type. (OCLC 312633785)
