From Gothic Revival to Functional Form : A Study in Victorian Theories of Design

Bøe, Alf

ISBN 10: 8200427412 / ISBN 13: 9788200427414

Published by Scandinavian Univ. Press, Oslo, 1997

About this Item

22x14cm, (28),184,(49)p Consists of a facsimile reprint of the 1957 edition with new preface by E. M. Gombrich and a memoir by Alf Bøe. Minor rubbing. VG., dustwrapper.

Seller Inventory # 010532

Bibliographic Details

• Title: From Gothic Revival to Functional Form : A Study in Victorian Theories of Design
• Publisher: Scandinavian Univ. Press, Oslo
• Publication Date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 8200427412
• ISBN 13: 9788200427414
• Binding: orig.boards
• Illustrator: 16pp photoplates.
• Seller catalogs:
  • Victorian Design

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Synopsis

An important resource and best known work of Alf Boe (Alf Bøe), a respected Norwegian decorative arts historian, curator and lecturer. The book was the author's dissertation thesis originally presented by Oxford in 1954 and published by Oslo University Press in 1957. This edition, an unabridged replication was re-published in 1979 as part of the Da Capo Press series in architecture and decorative art. Blue cloth hardcover, 8vo, 5.75" x 8.75", 184pp, Bibliography. Notes. List of Illustrations. Index. Illustrations, 16pp of 26 b/w plates. (SEE second image for Contents List)