The classical country house : from the archives of Country life / David Watkin
2010, 1st edition. London : Aurum Press. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Item #407137
ISBN: 1845135938
Physical description; 192 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm.Notes; Illustrated endpapers. Includes index. Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-191) and index. Contents; Seventeen century: the birth of classicism on English soil -- Eghteenth century: from palladio to Pompeii -- Nineteenth century: back to Greece and forward to Rome -- Twentieth century: pre-war varieties of classicism -- Into the twenty-first century: Classicism reborn:1960 to the present day. Subjects; Country homes Great Britain History. Neoclassicism (Architecture) Great Britain. Country homes. Neoclassicism (Architecture). Country homes Great Britain History. Architecture, Domestic Great Britain History. Historic buildings Great Britain History. Architecture and Planning. Great Britain.
Price: €150.00