An Attempt to Discriminate the Styles of Architecture in England from the Conquest to the Reformatio

Thomas Rickman; John Henry Parker [ed.]

Verlag: Parker and Co, London, 1881

Beschreibung

The seventh edition of this illustrated chronological guide to the history of architecture in England by Thomas Rickman, an important work in the Gothic Revival movement. The seventh edition of this fascinating work, which established a chronological classification of the architectural eras in the country.First published in 1817, this was the first systematic treatise on Gothic architecture and a milestone in the Gothic Revival. The terminology Rickman used in this work is still in widespread use for the different styles of English medieval ecclesiastical architecture.Illustrated with thirty-five plates, and further vignette illustrations. Collated, complete.With eight pages of advertisements to the rear.A lovely copy of this work from architect and antiquary Thomas Rickman. From the library of Doctor Malcolm Higgs, an important architectural historian who worked as an assistant architect to Stirling & Gowan, working on their particularly renowned Leicester University Engineering Laboratory. During his long career he taught at the University of Edinburgh School of Architecture, Canterbury School of Architecture, and University of Nottingham. Later in his life he was the Vice-President and Honorary Librarian of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and contributed and edited the "Journal of Architecture". In the publisher's original cloth binding, with extensive gilt detailing. Boards exceptionally bright. Light fading to back strip, with bumping to spine head and tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright, with light spotting to plates and pages surrounding them. Very Good Indeed. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 856F41

Bibliografische Details

Titel: An Attempt to Discriminate the Styles of ...

Verlag: Parker and Co, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1881

Einband: Cloth

Illustrator: Not Stated

Zustand: Very Good Indeed

Art des Buches: book