A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects – 1600–1840 3e (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art) - Softcover

Colvin, Howard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0300072074 ISBN 13: 9780300072075

Publisher: Yale University Press, 1997

Synopsis

This authoritative and now classic work of reference on the history of British architecture contains biographical information on some 2,000 architects who practiced in England, Scotland, and Wales from the time of Inigo Jones (1573-1650) to that of William Burn (1789-1870) and Sir Charles Barry (1795-1860). The third edition of what began in 1954 as A Biographical Dictionary of English Architects 1600-1840, it now includes 150 new entries. "[This book], perhaps Colvin`s best known work, is now in its revised and enlarged third edition. The volume is the standard reference work for all known architects practicing from the time of Inigo Jones to the end of the Georgian period. . . . The possibilities for research and cross reference that the dictionary provides cannot be overestimated."-Dana Arnold, The Architects` Journal "[An] indispensable book for any architecture historian, professional and amateur."-Colin Amery, Financial Times "A definitive work of reference, but also extraordinarily absorbing, a book to savor again and again."-Linda Colley, The Observer

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Review:

"... splendid ... [a] great work..." -- James Stevens Curl, Perspective, 1st May 2009

"Biographical Dictionary - a true cornerstone ... an absolutely fundamental source ... it set new standards of accuracy, reliability and judicious scholarship." -- Roger White, Historic House, Summer 2009

"For anyone working on the near two and a half centuries encompassed by the book, it is indispensable." -- Christopher Webster, Ecclesiology Today, Vol. 41, December 2008

Review:

"For anyone working on the near two and a half centuries encompassed by the book, it is indispensable."

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0300072074
• ISBN 13: 9780300072075
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 1264