A History of Renaissance Architecture in England 1500-1800 [ Two Volume Set ]
by Blomfield, Reginald
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
London: George Bell and Sons, 1897 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Volume I. pp. xix, 1-186 (3), preface, laid-in errata, list of Illustrations, list of separate plates, authorities consulted, I. The Italians in England. Henry VIII - Edward VI; II. The Germans in England. Elizabeth. James I; III. The English Builders; IV. Sixteenth Century House Planning and Architectural Treatises; V. Inigo Jones; VI. John Webb, Marsh and Gerbier: The Last Survivals of Gothic; VII. Sir Christopher Wren. Volume II. pp. x, 187-431, list of Ilustrations, list of separate plates, VIII. Wren's Contemporaries and Successors: Jarman, Wynne, Aldrich, Clark, Burrough, Essex; IV. The Eighteenth Century Architects: Archer, James , Campbell, Ripley, Lord Burlington, Leoni, Kent; X. Gibbs, Ware, Flitcroft, Vardy, The Woods of Bath, Dance the Elder; VI. Paine, Morris, Taylor, Carr of York, Chambers, Gandon; Dancce the Younger; Robert and James Adam; XII. House Planning in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries; XIII. Architecturual Literature in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries; XIII. Architectural Literature in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries; XIV. The Trades: Carpentry, Masonry; XV. Brickwork, Plaster Work, Lead, and Iron; XVI. Conclusion. First Edition, 1897. Minor Edge, mostly to Volume I; closed tear to seam of front endpapers Volume II with lightly age-toned bottom and fore- text edges, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Brick-red cloth with brown cloth backstrip, and gilt lettering to spine..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002252
- Title
- A History of Renaissance Architecture in England 1500-1800 [ Two Volume Set ]
- Author
- Blomfield, Reginald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- George Bell and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1897
- Keywords
- ARCHITECTURE HISTORY ENGLAND RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE 1500-1800
- Bookseller catalogs
- ARCHITECTURE;
- Size
- 4to
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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