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Joseph Ramee: International Architect of the Revolutionary Era
by Turner, Paul V
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0521495520
- ISBN 13
- 9780521495523
- Seller
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Cohoes, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Cambridge University Press, New York, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Size: 4to. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Blue gilt stamped cloth over boards, xviii, 350 pages, Index, Notes, Documents and Bibliography, 19 color plates, 300 halftone plates. In a color illustrated dust jacket that is lightly bumped at corners and spine ends. "This book is the first comprehensive study of an architect and landscape designer who was largely forgotten by history because the precarious circumstances in which he lived. Forced to flee France during the Revolution, Ramee spent his life as a nomad. Staying only briefly in most places, he was soon forgotten, his work sometimes attributed to other architects. In this reconstruction of his career, the author demonstrates how Ramee, in the process of his travels, transmitted innovations from country to country and created a unique synthesis of the design currents of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries." Please note that in the photograph, the dust jacket may appear foxed and torn. It is not. the dust jacket illustration is a photograph of a work which is foxed & torn, but is not foxed itself. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 4 lbs 8 oz. Category: Architecture; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 0521495520. ISBN/EAN: 9780521495523. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 010832. . 9780521495523
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- Bookseller
- Dennis Holzman Antiques
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010832
- Title
- Joseph Ramee: International Architect of the Revolutionary Era
- Author
- Turner, Paul V
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0521495520
- ISBN 13
- 9780521495523
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- BZDB7 NOISBN Joseph Ramee: International Architect of the Revolutionary Era, Paul V. Turner, landscape designers, French architects Architecture; Biography & Autobiography. Joseph Ramee International Architect of the Revolutionary Era Turner Paul
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture; Biography & Autobiography;
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About the Seller
Dennis Holzman Antiques
Biblio member since 2003
Cohoes, New York
About Dennis Holzman Antiques
Dennis Holzman Antiques, est. 1975, sells select antiques, hard-to-find & antiquarian books, manuscripts, and autographs both on-line and our Cohoes, N.Y. shop. We take pride in our accurate & complete book descriptions, our fast shipping, and our attention to customer service. All of our on-line books are in stock and ready to ship within 48 hours of receiving your order/payment. We answer all inquiries and welcome your questions. Visit our website: www.holzmanantiques.com
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