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The work of Christopher Wren / Geoffrey Beard ; illustrated by Anthony Kersting.
LIBRA - Rare NA997.W9 B42 Frost copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beard, Geoffrey, 1929-2015.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wren, Christopher, Sir, 1632-1723.
- Wren, Christopher.
- Architecture, Baroque--Great Britain.
- Architecture, Baroque.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Frost, Robert (donor) (Frost Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 240 pages : illustrations (some color), map, portraits, plans ; 27 cm
- Manufacture:
- Edinburgh : Printed by John Bartholomew & Son Limited.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : John Bartholomew & Son Limited, [1982]
- Contents:
- 'Miracle of a Youth'
- 'Our English Vitruvius': Oxford; The London City Churches; St. Paul's Cathedral; The Royal Palaces
- 'Some Figure in the World'.
- Notes:
- "In this visual survey of Wren's work Geoffrey Beard has teamed up with the distinguished architectural photographer Anthony Keating to provide rare comprehensive cover of Wren's work."--Dust jacket.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-223) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Frost Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2010 by Robert Frost.
- Frost Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0-7028-8071-x
- OCLC:
- 8706097
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