Sir Christopher Wren : a biography / by Harold F. Hutchison
1976, First Edition. London : Gollancz. Very good cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Item #417345
ISBN: 0575018763
Physical description: 191 pages, leaf of plates, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, plan, portraits ; 23 cm. Contents: 1. Backgrounds : 1632-49 -- 2. Oxford : 1650-56 -- 3. Gresham and the Royal Society : 1657-61 -- 4. Astronomer into architect : 1662-6 -- 5. Fire and phoenix : 1666-9 -- 6. City and cathedral : 1670-75 -- 7. Frustrations and achievements : 1675-85 -- 8. Politics, palaces and thanksgiving : 1686-97 -- 9. Evening : 1698-1711 -- 10. Sunset : 1711-23. Subjects: Wren, Christopher Sir 1632-1723; Scientists ; Biography; Architects Great Britain Biography; Architecture Great Britain History; Architects ; Biography.
Price: €18.95