An Attempt to Determine the Exact Character of Elizabethan Architecture

James Hakewill

Editore: John Weale, London, 1835

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The first edition of architect James Hakewill's very scarce study of Elizabethan architecture, illustrated with eight plates by the author. The work of architect James Hakewill, best known for his illustrated publications, including 'Views of the Neighbourhood of Windsor' and 'Plans, Sections, and Elevations of the Abattoirs in Paris, with considerations for their adoption in London'. Illustrated with eight plates. Collated, complete.With the inscription 'Duke of Buccleuch, Dalkeith Library' to the verso of the front free endpaper. At the time of publication, Walter Montagu Douglas Scott was the 5th Duke of Buccleuch, a prominent Scottish nobleman, landowner and politician. With a thirty-two page publisher's catalogue to the rear.A charming and brief study, with discussion of the design of houses including Dorton House and Longleat, and the Palazzo Della Cancellaria in Rome. 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 a full cloth binding. Fading to back strip, with bumping to spine head and tail and minor mark to tail of rear board. Tail of front joint starting, but firmly held. Inscription to verso of front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Text leaves clean and bright, with spotting to plates. Very Good.

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• Titolo: An Attempt to Determine the Exact Character of Elizabethan Architecture
• Editore: John Weale, London
• Data di pubblicazione: 1835
• Rilegatura: Cloth
• Disegnatore: James Hakewill
• Edizione: First edition.
• Condizione: Very Good
• Tipo di libro: book
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Art & Architecture