The romance of architecture. With an introduction by John Julius Norwich and an anthology drawn from architectural writers and travellers from Vitruvius to Sacheverell Sitwell

Beny, Roloff, 1924-1984

Verlag: New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1985

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near fine dust-jacket, cover price $, attractive copy, very good large square red cloth, 211 black and white photographs. red remainder dot on top foredge. BENY, ROLOFF. The romance of architecture. With an introduction by John Julius Norwich and an anthology drawn from architectural writers and travellers from Vitruvius to Sacheverell Sitwell. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1985, 211 pages of plates, 312pp., . 'Here,' writes John Julius Norwich in his introduction, 'is a collection of magnificent architectural photographs by a master of the genre, grouped not (as collections of this kind usually are) by place, period or style, but according to specific elements of construction.' - CONTENTS: Introduction -- Walls -- Columns and colonnades -- Arches -- Aqueducts and bridges -- Domes -- Ceilings -- Roofs -- Staircases -- Floors and pavements -- Towers, spires and castles -- Notes on the plates -- Index. 9780810915893 ISBN 0810915898. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 96142

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Titel: The romance of architecture. With an ...

Verlag: New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1985

Einband: Hardcover

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