The Mathematics of the Ideal Villa and Other Essays
by Rowe, Colin
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good and tight. Shelf rubbing to covers. Clean, bright interior but with occasional margin notations by former owner (professor
- ISBN 10
- 0262180774
- ISBN 13
- 9780262180771
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1978. Third Printing. Hardcover. Good and tight. Shelf rubbing to covers. Clean, bright interior but with occasional margin notations by former owner (professor of architecture) whose name also appears in ink on ffep.. Black cloth/boards. Silver lettering. No DJ. 223 pp. with 83 bw plates. Additional essay titles include: Mannerism and Modern Architecture; Character and Composition, or Some Vicissitudes of Architectural Vocabulary in the 19th Century; Chicago Frame; Neo-'Classicicm' and Modern Architecture I (and II); Transparency: Literal and Phenomenal (with Robert Slutzky); La Tourette; and The Architecture of Utopia. Includes a list of picture credits.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 151904
- Title
- The Mathematics of the Ideal Villa and Other Essays
- Author
- Rowe, Colin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good and tight. Shelf rubbing to covers. Clean, bright interior but with occasional margin notations by former owner (professor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0262180774
- ISBN 13
- 9780262180771
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- American Architecture; Colin Rowe; Architectural Essays ; Rowe, Colin ; ;
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Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- FFEP
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- Tight
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