The Smaller English House of the Later Renaissance 1660-1830: An Account of Its Design, Plan, and Details

A reissue of this copiously illustrated architectural analysis of the later Renaissance houses of England, with plates. A reissued edition of the work, first published in 1925.In the publisher's original green cloth binding. In the original price clipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and 102 plates, with in text illustrations throughout.A work by Albert Edward Richardson, a leading English architect, teacher and writer about architecture during the first half of the 20th century, as well as H. Donaldson Eberlein.This volume provides an account of the evolution of English houses of the later Renaissance, detailing the evolution of plans, material and craftsmanship, varieties in composition, and more. In publisher's cloth. In the original price clipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. Slight fading to spine, with bumping to the head and tail. Light mark to rear board. Slight spotting and offsetting to endpapers. Dust wrapper is in two pieces due to a split to the front joint. Sunning to wrap, with loss to the extremities of the spine. Closed tears to edges, with the odd spot. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with very light spotting to the front and rear. Very Good.…