Sir John Vanbrugh

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2008. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; ix, 288 pp., illustrations (some color), maps, 29 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Preface. Tory mobs and ignorant priests -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Ch. 1. ""Without… Read more about this item

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Black cloth/boards; gilt lettering. Color-photographic dj with green lettering on white spine. 288 pp. with 367 color and bw images. Hart examines architect/playwright John Vanburgh's surviving, destroyed and unrealised buildings as well as the designs he executed in collaboration with Nicholas Hawksmoor. Vanbrugh's buildings were first maligned and then misunderstood,… Read more about this item

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: ix, 288 pages: illustrations (some color), maps; 29 cm. Contents: Preface. Tory mobs and ignorant priests -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Ch. 1. ""Without thought or lecture"" : the early… Read more about this item

Hardback. Very Good.