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Select specimens of Gothic architecture : comprising the most approved examples in England, from the earliest to the latest date, forming a complete chronology of that admired style, including plans, sections, elevations, and details, with an historical and descriptive account of each building and its parts so illustrated / by William Caveler.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - British Imprints Oversize 1839 Caveler
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Caveler, William.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture, Gothic--England--Pictorial works.
- Architecture, Gothic.
- Architecture--England--Pictorial works.
- Architecture.
- Architecture--England--Details--Pictorial works.
- Decoration and ornament, Architectural--Pictorial works.
- Decoration and ornament, Architectural.
- Genre:
- Architectural drawings.
- Subscription lists.
- Physical Description:
- 98, [6] p., 80 [i.e. 74] leaves of plates (6 folded) : illustrations (1 color), plans ; 31 cm.
- Edition:
- 2d ed.
- Manufacture:
- London : Printed by C. Adlard, Bartholomew Close.
- Place of Publication:
- London : M. Taylor, 1 Wellington Street, Strand (Nephew and successor to the late Josiah Taylor), 1839.
- Notes:
- Contains a list of subscribers.
- Printer information taken from title page verso.
- Plates are numbered with arabic numerals, descriptive text opposite each plate gives plate numbers in roman numerals; there are 6 folded plates, each a single plate, but given double numbers (i.e., 4 & 5, 28 & 29, 32 & 33, [47 & 48], 49 & 50, 64 & 65); added engraved t.p. included in list of plates.
- Plates engraved by William Caveler, John Le Keux, Edward Kennion, H. Shaw, J. Roffe, T.T. Bury, G. Gladwin, T.S. Porter, B. Winkles, S. Bellin, T. Kearnan, T. Turnbull, Thomas Parry, and S. Wilkinson.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Ex libris: NY Mercantile Library.
- OCLC:
- 2395538
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