Whewell Rev W (6 results)

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

Cloth. Condition: Good. A new edition of William Whewell's architectural study dedicated to German churches. A new edition with additional notes written during an architectural tour in Picardy and Normandy.Written by William Whewell, English polymath, priest and historian of science and architecture. The present book is one of his most well known architectural studies, dealing with the Gothic architecture of German churches, establishing a strict nomenclature for German Gothic churches and coming up with a theory of stylistic development. Often associated with the "scientific trend" of architectural writers.Featuring four full page plates including frontispiece each protected with tissue guards. Collated, complete. 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".Featuring armorial bookplate from Sir Edward Cust's library (1794-1878)to front pastedown, Britishsoldier,politicianandcourtier. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally with light wear to extremities, bumped to head and tail of spine. Back strip and perimeters of rear board faded. Spine lightly chipped. Previous ownership inscription to front pastedown dated 1835. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting affecting leaves of plates, pages otherwise generally very clean throughout. Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st edition. No inscriptions. A tidy copy. Weight: 1.0 Language: English Naby cloth, gilt title on spine.