Peter, Armistead

TUDOR PLACE [SIGNED]

Georgetown, [Washington DC]: Privately Published, 1969. Limited Edition, #142/300. Folio, xii, 97 pages; VG; bound in 3/4 brown morocco, gray waxed buckram boards, gilt embossed seal to front cover, paneled spine with green label, gilt titling; housed in publisher's light brown cloth-covered slipcase; illustrated with 80 plates, including 4 color; inscribed by Armistead Peter on the half-title; consignment; shelved above case 3.

1333815

Shelved Dupont Bookstore

Price: $1,000

NOTES

Full title: Tudor Place. Designed by Dr. William Thornton and built between 1805 and 1816 for Thomas and Martha Peter. Described by their descendant Armistead Peter, 3rd, the present owner. With an introduction by Walter Muir Whitehill and a commentary on Dr. Thronton by Frederick Doveton Nichols;

Designed by the architect of the Capitol, William Thornton, Tudor Place stayed in the Peter family from 1805 until 1983. It’s one of America’s last intact urban estates from the Federal Era, and this volume describes it in exquisite detail.;