BEITRAGE ZUR ENTWICKLUNG DES BURGERLICHEN WOHNHAUSES IN SACHSEN IM 17. UND 18. JAHRHUNDERT. Dissertation on the Development of Town Houses in the 17th & 18th Century at the Technical College of Dresden in support of the degree of doctoral engineer by Dietrich, Walther

1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Inscribed/ Signed by VIP othe. VG, 1st edn, soft cover doctoral dissertation in German text. 83 pps + 142 illustrations, bourgeois residential floor plans, drawings. Corners bumped, occasional soiling and discoloration on page edges, but this does not interfere with text or illustrations. Very rare (no other available) comprehensive study of townhouses in 17th and 18th century Saxon towns of Dresden, Leipzig, Chemnitz and Freiberg, covering the development of Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo and Classical townhouses. Includes fire regulations, facade painting, the development of the floor plans. Illustrations cover details of decorative woodwork, etc. Detailed history of the buildings included. This dissertation was published by a company noted for their lithographic and collotype printing. Many of the buildings shown here were destroyed during WWII. This thesis was submitted to Prof Th Bohm and Prof Fritz Schumacher, who was a noted architect, professor and rban planner, co-founder of the German Werkbund and promoter of modern brick architecture in Northern Germany. From the library of P. F. Norton, professor of architecture at Amherst University.