The Empress and the Architect by Dimitri Shvidkovsky - July 24, 1996

Yale University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Yale University Press, 1996. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Too Heavy / Oversize For Priority Or International Shipping Without Extra Postage..

Yale University Press. Used - Very Good. 1996. Hardcover. 4to. Cloth, d.j. Some shelf wear. Else clean copy. Very Good. (Subject: Architecture & Urban Design).

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. Good.

New Haven: Yale University Press. 1st ed. 273pp. Near fine/near fine copy . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1996.

Yale University Press, 1996. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. hardback, quarto, measuring 11 1/2" x 10". A very good tightly bound copy in a pictorial dust jacket that is part faded and has one or two closed edge tears, the text is clean and unmarked. Illustrated in colour and b&w, 273pp. A heavy volume which may attract a request for additional postage if ordered from outside the United Kingdom. .

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996. Hardcover. VG/VG- light soiling to dj, as well as light corner and edge wear.. Burgundy boards with gilt spine lettering. Glossy color-illustrated dust jacket with cream lettering. vii, 273 pp. Color and BW illustrations. "In August 1779, Charles Cameron, a Scottish architect based in London, set sail for St. Petersburg. He had been summoned by Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, to create a magnificent architectural setting for the splendours and extravagances of her court - most especially the two luxurious palace ensembles outside St. Petersburg at Tsarskoye Selo and Pavlovsk. His reputation prior to his arrival in Russia was based almost entirely on his authorship of a book on the baths of ancient Rome - he had built nothing as yet - but while serving as Architect to Her Imperial Majesty, Cameron was responsible for some of the most dazzling and original architectural creations of the eighteenth century. This book tells a fascinating story of… Read More

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 1996. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 273 pp., plates (some col.) : ill, ports ; 29 cm. Subjects; Cameron, Charles ca.1743-1812 Criticism and interpretation. Catherine II, Empress of Russia 1729-1796 Dwellings Russia (Federation) Saint Petersburg. Architecture England Influence. Architecture, Modern Russia (Federation) Saint Petersburg. Gardens, English Russia. Neoclassicism. Landscape architecture.

Yale University Press, 1996. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. V.g./V.g.. Scarcely used. Narrow strip of bleaching along lower edge of front cover of dust jacket. Primarily an account of the architectural work of Charles Cameron at Tsarskoe Selo and Pavlovsk, with chapters on orientalism and neo-gothic. Lavishly illustrated with photographs by Alexander Victorov.