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Some Account of Domestic Architecture in England
by PARKER, John Henry
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Oxford, 1853. The second volume of a series begun by renowned antiquary Hudson Turner.
Author, John Henry Parker, also edited 'The Glossary of Architecture'.
Covers medieval towns, colleges, and everything from gate houses to chambers.
"The colleges of Oxford and Cambridge have very few buildings so early as the fourteenth century; but the treasury of Merton college, Oxford, belongs to the time of Edward the First, and is a very valuable example of a perculiar class of buildings, being built entirely of stone, with vaults to the lower rooms and passages, and a stone roof to the upper chamber; there is no wood employed in any part of the structure, and it is consequently fire proof..." Octavo, navy cloth, rebacked, page-edges browned and some foxing of the prelims, illustrated with 122 engravings, occasional underlining in red pencil, a good sound copy of a rather wonderful book nonetheless.
Author, John Henry Parker, also edited 'The Glossary of Architecture'.
Covers medieval towns, colleges, and everything from gate houses to chambers.
"The colleges of Oxford and Cambridge have very few buildings so early as the fourteenth century; but the treasury of Merton college, Oxford, belongs to the time of Edward the First, and is a very valuable example of a perculiar class of buildings, being built entirely of stone, with vaults to the lower rooms and passages, and a stone roof to the upper chamber; there is no wood employed in any part of the structure, and it is consequently fire proof..." Octavo, navy cloth, rebacked, page-edges browned and some foxing of the prelims, illustrated with 122 engravings, occasional underlining in red pencil, a good sound copy of a rather wonderful book nonetheless.
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- Title
- Some Account of Domestic Architecture in England
- Author
- PARKER, John Henry
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1853
- Keywords
- Architecture 14th century England Britain Buildings houses carriages dwellings domestic
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture; Interior Design;
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