A History of the Gothic Revival: An Attempt to Show How the Taste for Medieval Architecture Which Lingered in England During the Last Two Centuries Has Since Been Encouraged and Developed

Charles L. Eastlake

Edité par Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1872

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The first edition of a significant history in the English Gothic Revival, written by the pioneering architect Charles Eastlake who popularised the movement. The first edition of A History of the Gothic Revival: An Attempt to Show How the Taste for Medieval Architecture Which Lingered in England During the Last Two Centuries Has Since Been Encouraged and Developed, written by British architect and furniture designer Charles L. Eastlake. In the publisher's decorative original cloth, bound by Edmonds & Remnants. Contains an ink illustrated frontispiece, and all thirty-five other illustrated plates, showcasing a profound collection of Gothic architecture. Collated complete. Author's original advertisement to rear. One of the most significant architectural styles across British landscapes, the Gothic Revival can still be seen in towns and cities across Britain. Profoundly influenced by the revial, Eastlake established his own popular movement, the 'Eastlake Movement', a style of architecture fusing both Old English and Gothic aeasthetics, and this work fed into such. In the publisher's decorative original cloth. Externally, a couple of fading patches to bottom corners of boards, and a heavy patch to top left corner of front board. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Four punctures to the front joint. Slight spotting to brown end papers, and to bookplate to front pastedown. Binding stamp to rear pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and mostly clean, with the odd spot, mostly to first couple and final leaves. Good.

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• Titre: A History of the Gothic Revival: An Attempt to Show How the Taste for Medieval Architecture Which Lingered in England During the Last Two Centuries Has Since Been Encouraged and Developed
• Éditeur: Longmans, Green, and Co., London
• Date de parution: 1872
• Reliure: Cloth
• Illustrateur: Various
• Édition: First edition.
• État de l'article: Good
• Type de livre: book
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