Balbus : A Picture Book of Building

Well-illustrated colourful children's book on the theme of architecture. Contents: The snail -- Tents, wigwams and huts -- Caravans and barges -- Babylonian, Assyrian and Persian -- Ancient Egyptian -- Ancient Greek -- Ancient Roman -- Romanesque and Byzantine -- Norman -- Gothic -- The castles -- The great wall of China -- Angkor Vat -- Old Mexican building -- The Russian churches -- Arabian cities -- The Renaissance -- Inigo Jones and Christopher Wren -- Baroque -- Queen Anne and Georgian -- Shipbuilding -- Victorian -- Skyscrapers -- Modern Scandinavian. First edition, first impression. Grey cloth back, illustrated boards, slight shelf wear to cover, dusty edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.