A Glossary of Terms Used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic Architecture 2 Volume Set

A Glossary of Terms Used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic Architecture 2 Volume Set

by John Henry Parker
A Glossary of Terms Used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic Architecture 2 Volume Set

A Glossary of Terms Used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic Architecture 2 Volume Set

by John Henry Parker

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Overview

The Oxford bookseller and publisher John Henry Parker (1806–84), a supporter of the Tractarian movement and a friend of Cardinal Newman, was also a historian of architecture, and first published this glossary in 1836. Reissued here is the enlarged third edition of 1840. The work is ordered alphabetically, and illustrated with 700 woodcuts by various artists. As stated in the first edition's preface, the book 'lays no claim to originality, its sole object being utility'. By 1837, 'the rapid sale of the first edition of this work clearly shews that something of the kind was required'. The third edition was followed in 1841 by a companion volume which contained 400 further examples and a chronological table: the two books offered a useful guide for those travellers and others who were taking a keen interest in the built environment.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781108073479
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 04/17/2014
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture
Pages: 666
Product dimensions: 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.83(d)

Table of Contents

Volume 1: Preface to the third edition; Preface to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; Part I. Glossary; Part II. Plates. Volume 2: Advertisement; List of plates; A chronological table illustrative of the rise and progress of Gothic architecture in England; Description of the plates; Index to the engravings; Index of places.
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