Sir William Chambers: Knight of the Polar Star
by Harris, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG- (No dj; slight soil marks on cover; interior is crisp and clean, esp. plates.)
- ISBN 10
- 0302020764
- ISBN 13
- 9780302020760
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: A. Zwemmer Ltd, 1970. Hardcover. VG- (No dj; slight soil marks on cover; interior is crisp and clean, esp. plates.). Blue cloth, gilt letters and decoration on spine, 397 pp., 200 BW plates, 16 BW illus., weighs 4.5 lbs. Considers well the life and work of Scottish-Swedish architect William Chambers (1723-1796). With many illustrations of his work, including floor plans. The author explains his goals in the preface. "With Chambers I was faced with the problem of bringing together the unusually wide range of his interests, covering not only architectural design, but landscape gardeing, architectural writing and theory, the foundation of the Royal Academy, the Swedish East India Company, and the architectural profession. I therefore decided to present a series of self-contained articles, prefaced by a synposis of his life's events." Additional text was provided by J. Mordaunt Crook and Eileen Harris. Nice!
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 144727
- Title
- Sir William Chambers: Knight of the Polar Star
- Author
- Harris, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG- (No dj; slight soil marks on cover; interior is crisp and clean, esp. plates.)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0302020764
- ISBN 13
- 9780302020760
- Publisher
- A. Zwemmer Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- European Architecture ; Chambers, William ; ;
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