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First published in 1952, this book has since become recognized as a classic survey of Dublin's social and architectural history in the period of its greatest growth and variety. The book provides a lively account of the builders, buildings and social life of Dublin with photographs and drawings to illustrate places of interest. A new preface, new street gazetteer,text alterations, bibliography and photographs at the back of the book are included.
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'This book achieves a wonderful balance between descriptions - of great buildings,architects, their patrons and the events of history - and anecdotes which enliven the narrative' --Sunday Tribune
It is perhaps an exaggeration to describe Maurice Craig as the man who saved Dublin. However, he has certainly done more than most of us to encourage an appreciation of the city's architectural heritage. Not just Ireland's greatest architectural historian, Maurice Craig is himself a national treasure. --The Dubliner Magazine
Dublin 1660-1860 is an informative, delightful and thorough account of the transformation of a mediaeval colonial city outpost into an elegant capital --Landscape Ireland
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It is perhaps an exaggeration to describe Maurice Craig as the man who saved Dublin. However, he has certainly done more than most of us to encourage an appreciation of the city's architectural heritage. Not just Ireland's greatest architectural historian, Maurice Craig is himself a national treasure. --The Dubliner Magazine
Dublin 1660-1860 is an informative, delightful and thorough account of the transformation of a mediaeval colonial city outpost into an elegant capital --Landscape Ireland
Maurice Craig was born in Belfast in 1919 and educated at Castle Park, Dalkey and Shrewsbury School before going on to Magdalene College, Cambridge and Trinity College, Dublin. He has written on subjects as diverse as Irish bookbindings, biography, poetry and topography but is best-known for his books on architectural subjects. His seminal Dublin 1660-1860 appeared in 1952 and was followed by further ground-breaking works, including Classic Irish Houses of the Middle Size (which was also recently reissued) and The Architecture of Ireland from the Earliest Times to 1880. Maurice's interest in and understanding of architecture comes through clearly in his photography. Since first taking up the camera and pen in the 1940s, Maurice has recorded buildings of all types and periods, exploiting to the full his uncanny ability to highlight the key features of a building or neighborhood.
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- PublisherAllen Figgis
- Publication date1969
- ISBN 10 0900372915
- ISBN 13 9780900372919
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages87211
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