Plas Mawr, Conway, N. Wales. BAKER Arthur and BAKER Herbert 1862-1946 Publisher: Printed and Published (For the Authors), by Farmer & Sons Publish Year: 1888 Publish Place: 1, Edwardes Terrace, Kensington, London, W. Illustrator: BAKER Arthur & BAKER Herbert Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 007859 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Very Good Size: Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall Jacket Condition: Binding: Hardcover Book Type: Unknown Edition: 1st Edition Inscription: Unknown £500.00 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information With 23 leaves of architecturally interesting illustrations. VG, an edition limited to 200 copies, in the publishers attractive red cloth, bevelled edges, gilt coat of arms. Spine, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, yellow endpapers, [4], 5-62 pp, [2], 23 leaves of plates, with the edition statement loose as usual, printed by Farmer & Sons. Contains, also a 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. Baker, Sir Herbert, architect and author. See ODNB.
