Remarks on the Architecture of the Middle Ages, especially of Italy

Robert Willis

Published by j. & J. J. Deighton, Cambridge, 1835

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A first edition copy of Remarks on the Architecture of the Middle Ages, especially of Italy. Missing the title page.Remarks on the Architecture of the Middle Ages, especially of Italy is by Robert Willis. The observations were made on a rapid tour of France, Italy and part of Germany in 1832-1833.With fourteen of fifteen plates.Collated, complete. From the library of Doctor Malcolm Higgs, an important architectural historian who worked as an assistant architect to Stirling & Gowan, working on their particularly renowned Leicester University Engineering Laboratory. During his long career he taught at the University of Edinburgh School of Architecture, Canterbury School of Architecture, and University of Nottingham. Later in his life he was the Vice-President and Honorary Librarian of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and contributed and edited the "Journal of Architecture". In full cloth binding. Externally, smart with some light marks to the boards and bumping to the head and tail of the spine and some splitting to the spine. The title page and one plate is missing pages 3-14 are loose. Previous owner inscription to the front pastedown. Rear hinge is starting and remains generally firm. Internally, some pages are loose, page remain bright and clean with some pencil underlying to some pages. Fair. Seller Inventory # 856B34

Bibliographic Details

Title: Remarks on the Architecture of the Middle ...

Publisher: j. & J. J. Deighton, Cambridge

Publication Date: 1835

Binding: Cloth

Illustrator: Not Stated

Condition: Fair

Edition: First edition.

Book Type: book