A History of the Gothic revival (The Victorian Library)
by Eastlake, Charles L. (edited with an introduction by J.Mordaunt Crook)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0718550056
- ISBN 13
- 9780718550059
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About This Item
Leicester: Leicester University Press, 1970. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New edition. (originally published in 1872). Bright blue hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with previous owners name neatly written at top of front endpaper. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with light shelfwear, light sunning to spine. Not price-clipped. 209pp. 48 b/w woodcuts, 26 further b/w illustrations. In this book Eastlake set out to provide a detailed record of "one of the most remarkable revolutions in national art that his country has seen". He was determined "to chronicle facts rather than offer criticisms". In the appendix he supplied details of 343 neo-Gothic buildings ereted between 1820 and 1870. In the text he dealt a lenght with the influence of Horace Walpole, Pugin and Ruskin, and the architecture of Wyatt, Barry, Butterfield, Scott, Burges, Waterhouse and many more. This new edition reproduces the full text of Eastlake's work, together with an introduction by Dr.J.Mordaunt Crook, a comprehensive bibliography and an extra section of 26 illustrations..
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- Bookseller
- Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005730
- Title
- A History of the Gothic revival (The Victorian Library)
- Author
- Eastlake, Charles L. (edited with an introduction by J.Mordaunt Crook)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0718550056
- ISBN 13
- 9780718550059
- Publisher
- Leicester University Press
- Place of Publication
- Leicester
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- pugin, ruskin, butterfield, burges, waterhouse, barry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture (19th and 20th Century);
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