A History Of Architecture in All Countries, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day: Volume II

James Fergusson; R. Phene Spiers [ed.]

Published by John Murray, London, 1893

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A third edition copy of volume II of Fergusson's beautifully illustrated five volume set on the history of architecture. The third edition of volume II of this work in a quarter morocco binding, with renewed end papers. Volume II of a five volume set concerning architectural history by James Fergusson, a Scottish architectural historian and a prominent figure in the rediscovery of ancient India in the nineteenth century. This volume contains a history of architecture from Christian architecture in Europe to Saracenic and Ancient American architecture, with numerous illustrations. 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 a quarter morocco binding, with renewed end papers. Externally very smart, with just some light wear to the extremities and a slightly faded spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Near Fine. Seller Inventory # 856M17

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Title: A History Of Architecture in All Countries, ...

Publisher: John Murray, London

Publication Date: 1893

Binding: Leather

Illustrator: Not Stated

Condition: Near Fine

Book Type: book