THE MARK J. MILLARD ARCHITECTURAL COLLECTION. VOLUME II. BRITISH

MIDDLETON, Robin, Gerald Beasley, and Nicholas

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(MILLARD) MIDDLETON, Robin, Gerald Beasley, and Nicholas Savage. THE MARK J MILLARD ARCHITECTURAL COLLECTION. VOLUME II. BRITISH BOOKS, SEVENTEENTH THROUGH NINETEENTH CENTURIES. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1998. 4to. Cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 392 pages. First edition. Being a magnificent continuation of this monumental bibliographical catalogue Mark J. Millard's extensive library of architectural books. This volume concentrates on the finest British books on architecture printed from the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries. The collection is particularly strong in eighteenth century books and includes almost all of the great folio albums that documented archaeological investigations of antiquity as well as most of the volumes documenting the architecture of Britain. Ninety-seven separate works are exhaustively catalogued with bibliographic descriptions by Claire Baines, who also worked on the first volume of French Books, and Geral Beasley. Lengthy catalogue entries were written by the three authors with th help of Jonathan Franklin, Eileen Harris, Paul W. Nash, and Alison Shell. Th book is well illustrated with wonderful reproductions of plates from the book throughout. A marvelous reference book from Adam to Wren. Fine, at publicat price. Seller Inventory # 21323

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Title: THE MARK J. MILLARD ARCHITECTURAL COLLECTION...

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition