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The classic reference work on the arcades, passages, and galleries of late 18th- and 19th-century Europe and America, Arcades opens with an account of the architectural and social history of the arcade and a discussion of its typological development.
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Text: English, German (translation)
Review
"Long rows of elegant shops and offices in the Burlington Arcade in London suggest aristocrats promenading under glass skylights on tesserated indoor streets where windows are filled with silver, leather and silk. Yet the Burlington would fit many times into the Galleries St. Hubert in Brussels, the first of Europe's grand arcades, and the St. Hubert could be folded into a transept of the great GUM complex in Moscow. . . . But to see the St. Paul's and St. Peter's of arcades one has to go to the Galleria Umberto I in Naples or the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan whose tiers of arches ... rest on classical orders and statuary pediments, rising to such a height that the glass canopies and domes soaring over them are called 'lights of heaven' by the Milanese.... This extraordinary book reminds one of how much more than shopping centers these cathedrals of material culture were and how completely they embodied the complex idea of the industrial city."
- The New York Times Book Review
. . . a superb scholarly and visual analysis of one of the most important building types of the 19th-century city."
- Anthony Vidler, Princeton University
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Arcades : The History of a Building Type
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ISBN 13: 9780262070829
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Published by The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. 1982. 516 pgs. Illustrated. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (spine is faded and worn). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner'sname present t the FFEP. Text has underlining present throughout the text. Binding tight and solid. The classic reference work on the arcades, passages, and galleries of late 18th- and 19th-century Europe and America, Arcades opens with an account of the architectural and social history of the arcade and a discussion of its typological development. The core of the book is a descriptive catalog of nearly 300 arcades, listed alphabetically by city, and illustrated with some 200 plans and drawings and 265 photographs. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 516 pages. Seller Inventory # 72220
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Arcades, The History of a Building Type
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MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass, 1983
ISBN 10: 0262070820
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Hardcover. Black cloth covered boards with white lettering on spine, illustrated dust jacket, 596 pp, profusely illustrated with bw illustrations. Arcades opens with an account of the architectural and social history of the arcade and a discussion of its typological development. The core of the book is a descriptive catalog of nearly 300 arcades, listed alphabetically by city, and illustrated with some 200 plans and drawings and 265 photographs. Many of these arcades remain standing today, whether in restored or modified form. Most of the examples are European but arcades in the United States, Latin America, and Australia are also included as is the work of 20th-century architects and entrepreneurs. The grand arcades of Paris, London, and Milan are described in rich detail; but smaller versions in Derby, England, or Winterthur, Switzerland, or St Paul, Minnesota, are described as well. Based on a translation by Jane O. Newman and John H. Smith. Includes bibliographical references and index. Good+ (foxing spots to top edge, dust jacket faded, interior clean and tight. Seller Inventory # 173113
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Arcades: The Story of a Building Type
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Arcades: The History of a Building Type
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ISBN 10: 0262070820
ISBN 13: 9780262070829
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Hardcover. First American edition. 4to. viii,596pp. Black/grayish cloth with white lettering on spine in original illustrated dust jacket. Classic reference work on the arcades, passages, and galleries of late 18th- and 19th-century Europe and America. Profusely illustrated with b/w reproductions of photographs and architectural plans. Minor shelf wear on bottom edges, tail of spine slightly bumped. Minor sunning, creasing and few closed tears on dj. Dated signature of previous owner on free front endpaper. Tight copy with dust jacket and binding in good, interior in near fine condition. Seller Inventory # 29545
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