MURPHY, James. Plans, Elevations, Sections and Views of the Church of Batalha, in the province of Estremadura in Portugal, with the history and description by Fr. Luis de Sousa [translated by Murphy]... to which is prefixed an introductory discourse on the principles of Gothic Architecture by… Murphy. London: printed for I. & J. Taylor, 1795. First edition, large folio (520 x 360mm.) Engraved title page, engraved dedication leaf, 25 engraved plates (2 double-page). 2pp. list of subscribers. (Dedication severely cut down [probably without loss to the text of the dedication], crude repairs to the inner blank margins of some plates, some repaired tears, some soiling.). 19th Century half-morocco over cloth-covered boards (soiled and rubbed, free endpapers replaced, inner hinges crudely repaired). Note: First edition of one of the key works in the early phase of the Gothic Revival.