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Sir William Chambers
Architect to George III
by Courtauld Institute of Art
ISBN: 0300069405
ISBN-13: 9780300069402
Format: Hardcover
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Yale Univ Pr
Published date: 1996
Size: 10 x 11.25 inches
Weight: 3.4 pounds
Pages: 229
Publisher's Notes
Brought up in Sweden by Scottish parents, trained in France, a visitor to China and India, Sir William Chambers (1726-96) was by far the most internationally minded British architect of his time. Settling in London in 1755, Chambers became a favourite of King George III and went on to hold the highest official architectural offices and to build public and private commissions throughout the British Isles. Leading scholars of the period present current research on Chambers's Scandinavian and French connections; his Italian studies and projects; his relationship with British royalty; his commissioned buildings, interiors, and gardens; his furniture and metalwork designs; and his Treatise. This richly illustrated book accompanies the Sir William Chambers exhibition opening at the Courtauld Gallery, which now occupies the Fine Rooms at Somerset House, in October 1996.
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Sir William Chambers: Architect to George III
Harris John,Snodin Michael
Yale University Press (December 25, 1996), 12/25/1996. Hardcover. Used-Like New. This book is new; never read with no remainder marks. But dustjacket has some shelfwear so it does not appear pristine. . ISBN: 0300069405. ( more information)
Offered by Mahler Books (United States)
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Sir William Chambers: Architect to George III
Harris, John ; Snodin, Michael
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996. Sir William Chambers (1726-1796) was by far the most internationally minded British architect of his time. He became a favorite of King George III and went on to hold the highest official architectural offices and to build public and private commissions throughout the British Isles. Because of his eclectic neo-Palladian style, seminal Treatise on Civil Architecture (1759), and longterm influence through his numerous pupils, Chambers was regarded as one of the two greatest architects of late eighteenth-century Britain, sharing the honor with the more prolific Robert Adam. Leading scholars of the period present current research on Chambers's Scandinavian and French connections; his Italian studies and projects; his relationship with British royalty; his commissioned buildings, interiors, and gardens; his furniture and metalwork designs; and his Treatise. 200 black-and-white and 60 color illustrations. 240 pages. A fine condition hardcover and fine condition dustjacket in the original cardboard slipcase. No writing or marks of any kind.. ISBN: 0300069405. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. CHAMBERS WILLIAM SIR 1726 1796 ARCHITECT ARCHITECTURE GREAT BRITAIN. (more information)
Offered by Newton Books (United States)
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Sir William Chambers: Architect to George III
Harris, John
London:: Yale University Press,. 1996.. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine, one very small rip on the DJ, grey mark on the third page. This richly illustrated book accompanies the Sir William Chambers exhibition opening at the Courtauld Gallery, which now occupies the Fine Rooms at Somerset House, in October 1996. Richly illustrated with colour and black-and-white photographs. 230.p. in total. ( more information)
Offered by Amwell Book Company (United Kingdom)
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SIR WILLIAM CHAMBERS: Architect to George III
Harris, John & Micheal Snodin, Eds
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1996. Quarto. 229 pp; 286 color & b/w illustrations; chronology; bibliography. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. In this wide-ranging book, leading scholars present research on Chambers' Scandinavian and French connections; his Italian studies and projects; his relationship with British royalty; his commissioned buildings, interiors, and gardens; his furniture and metalwork designs; and his 'Treatise on Civil Architecture' (1759). In 1774, he was commissioned to design the public offices at London's Somerset House, and created a building equal to the best of those by the French architects with whom he had trained. This book was the catalogue for the William Chambers exhibition mounted in fall 1996 by the Courtauld Institute Galleries at Somerset House, their new home.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. ( more information)
Offered by Carnegie Hill Books (United States)
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Sir William Chambers
(ARCHITECTURE) HARRIS John & SNODIN Michael
Yale , 1996. HB. Fine in Fine Dustwrapper. ÔArchitect to George III.Õ 200 b&w illustrations.60 colour plates. Magnificently produced and illustrated in colour and b&w throughout. Slipcase 280x250, 230pages ( more information)
Offered by Bruce Holdsworth Books (United Kingdom)
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Sir William Chambers: Architect to George III
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Edited by John Harris and Michael Snodin
Yale University Press, New Haven CT, 1997 229 pp., 260 illus. 60 in full color. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from the Courtauld Gallery, London 10 October 1996-5 January 1997 and the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm 20 February-20 April 1997. Dustjacket is protected with a mylar cover. . Cloth. Fine Condition/Fine Condition. ( more information)
Offered by Exquisite Corpse, Booksellers (United States)
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