H.H. RICHARDSON AND HIS OFFICE; A CENTENNIAL OF HIS MOVE TO BOSTON 1874. SELECTED DRAWINGS. [Monograph regarding American architect Henry Hobson Richardson.]

O'Gorman, James F. Peter A. Wick (Foreword). [H.H. Richardson - Henry Hobson Richardson, 1838-1886.]

ISBN 10: 0914630008 / ISBN 13: 9780914630005

Published by Cambridge, MA: Department of Printing and Graphic Arts, Harvard College Library - The MIT Press, March 20, 1979., 1974

About this Item

Publisher's review copy. Apparent second edition (no direct statement but with publisher's explanatory text on dj front flap). xii, 220 pages. Hardcover: H 21.75cm x L 28.25cm. White dust jacket soiled, bumping and nicks at edges with two short tears at spine head, tear at bottom center of front panel. Blue cloth, vibrant gilt stamping to spine, front board decorated with pictorial b/w paste-on. MIT Press' folded review slip taped to front free endpaper with book's publication date for March 20, 1979 although the book's title and copyright pages do not have the MIT Press imprint and retain the original 1974 issue date. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. Else a very good+ copy in a very good- dust jacket. Prepared to accompany an exhibition organized by the Department of Printing and Graphic Arts, Harvard College Library, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University held from October 23 to December 8, 1974 and then touring to the Albany Institute of History and Art from January 7 to February 23, 1975, the Renwick Gallery in Washington, DC from March 21 to June 22, 1975. Please note that this large book has an approximate shipping weight of 3.5 pounds (1.58 kg) and will require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. ISBN 0914630008.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: H.H. RICHARDSON AND HIS OFFICE; A CENTENNIAL OF HIS MOVE TO BOSTON 1874. SELECTED DRAWINGS. [Monograph regarding American architect Henry Hobson Richardson.]
• Publisher: Cambridge, MA: Department of Printing and Graphic Arts, Harvard College Library - The MIT Press, March 20, 1979.
• Publication Date: 1974
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0914630008
• ISBN 13: 9780914630005
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture

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Synopsis

Although the advent of the printing press heralded the end of the manuscript, the illuminated text still flourished through the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Many such manuscripts are works of extraordinary expressive power and have much to tell about the history of the graphic arts as well. Roger Wieck's catalogue carefully describes the extraordinary collection of graduals, breviaries, books of hours, and works of classical and vernacular literature assembled over the decades at Houghton Library.

About the Author

Roger S. Wieck is former Assistant Curator of the Department of Printing and Graphic Arts at Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library.