Synopsis
The Library at Trinity College, designed by Sir Christopher Wren and completed in 1695, is known all over the world for its books, its architecture, and its sculpture. Each of these aspects is authoritatively examined in this volume, as David McKitterick, Howard Colvin, and Malcolm Baker explore the ways in which seventeenth-century ideas were modified and extended until, by the early nineteenth century, the Library had achieved the coherent appearance which it has today. Their discussion is accompanied by numerous illustrations, including reproductions of all of Wren's surviving drawings of the Library.
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'This is a book altogether worthy of the great library it honours.' Peter Hoare, Rare Books Newsletter
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The Library at Trinity College, designed by Sir Christopher Wren and completed in 1695, is known all over the world for its books, its architecture, and its sculpture. This fully illustrated volume examines these aspects and explores the ways in which the Library achieved the coherent appearance which it has today.
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The Making of the Wren Library: Trinity College, Cambridge
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Cambridge University Press, Great Britain, 1995
ISBN 10: 0521443059
ISBN 13: 9780521443050
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