London: Phaidon Press, Ltd.. Very Good+. 2001. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. 071484120X . Cover is heavy red paper with flaps. Black lettering on spine. Pages are clean and tight; this is a NEW book. Lavishly illustrated with dozens of color and b/w photos. Originally published in hardback in 1993. Chapters are: Challenge of Style; Death, the Decorator, and the Rising Graph of Ornament; Domestic Style; Proxy-Palaces of Elizabeth; Chivalry Revived and the Castle Resurgent; Jacobean Baroque Betrayed; Furnishings; Privacy and Pleasure: Gardens and Sport; The Jacobethan; Glossary; Houses Open to the Public; bibliography; index. Anyone fascinated with this most innovative and original of English architectural periods will love this book, spanning the era of the Prodigy Houses. Luckily, many still exist and are fabulous to walk through, seeing the evolution of style, materials, layouts of the interiors and exteriors. A book that is going to stay in my personal reference collection. Very oversized, 5#. ; Remainder; Photographs; 9 3/4 x 11 1/2; 240 pages; Cover has light rubbing, scuffing, black remainder mark. Half title page has stamped by title 'Phaidon non mint copy'. .

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Bookseller: Pegasusbooks.biz (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 3974
Title: Elizabethan & Jacobean Style
Author: Mowl, Timothy
Format/Binding: Softcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 071484120X
ISBN 13: 9780714841205
Publisher: Phaidon Press, Ltd.
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 2001
Keywords: 071484120X, Architects;, Architectural Design;, Architecture;, History Of Architecture;, English History;, English Architecture;, England;, Elizabethan England;, Jacobean History;

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