Published by HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, London, 2002
ISBN 10: 0007107757 ISBN 13: 9780007107759
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: USED_VERYGOOD. Illustrated (illustrator). The figure of Sir Christopher Wren looms large in English national consciousness. The imposing beauty of St Paul's Cathedral stands forever for the nation's achievement - its undamaged dome towering above the rubble of the Blitz in World War II a symbol of London's indomitable fighting spirit. The man behind the work was as remarkable as the monuments he has left us. In this biography, Lisa Jardine takes us deep into Wren's imagination and discovers the unique, exacting nature of his mind and the emerging new world of late-17th-century science and ideas. Wren was a versatile genius who could have pursued a number of brilliant careers with equal virtuosity. A mathematical prodigy, an accomplished astronomer, a skilful anatomist, and a founder of The Royal Society, he eventually made a career in what he described in later life as "Rubbish" - architecture, and the design and construction of public buildings. He nevertheless remained committed to science. The Monument to the Great Fire was built with a subterranean laboratory; the south-west tower of St Paul's was used as a vertical telescope during construction - both were designed to function as public monuments and as oversized scientific instruments. Wren was a major figure at a turning point in English history. He mapped moons and the trajectories of comets for kings; lived and worked under six monarchs; pursued astronomy and medicine through two civil wars, the English Commonwealth, the Great Fire, the Restoration, and the eventual extinction of the Stuart dynasty. Jardine explores also Wren's personal motivations and passions. A sincere man with a remarkable capacity for friendship, his career was shaped by lasting associations forged during a turbulent boyhood, and a lifelong loyalty to the memory of his father's master and benefactor, the "martyred" king, Charles I. Everything Wren undertook he envisaged on a grander scale - bigger, better, more enduring than anything that had gone before. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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ISBN 10: 0007107765 ISBN 13: 9780007107766
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Published by London: HarperColins (2002)., 2002
Seller: Austwick Hall Books, Austwick, United Kingdom
Very good copy with dustwrapper.
Published by London: HarperCollins (2002)., 2002
Seller: Austwick Hall Books, Austwick, United Kingdom
Paperback in fine condition.
Published by Harper-Collins, London, 2002
ISBN 10: 0007107757 ISBN 13: 9780007107759
Seller: Creaking Shelves Books, Spean Bridge, United Kingdom
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First Edition
Original Boards. Condition: USED_FINE. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated (illustrator). 1st Edition. xviii+600p ilustrated. "Through the prism of the tumultuous life and brilliant intellect of Sir Christopher Wren, the multitalented architect (he was also a mathematician and astronomer as well as a founder of the Royal Society)of Saint Paul's Cathedral in London, historian Lisa Jardine, author of 'Worldly Goods: A New History of the Renaissance' and 'Ingenious Pursuits: Building the Scientific Revolution,' unfolds the vibrant, extraordinary emerging new world of late-seventeenth-century science and ideas". Notes, bibliography, index. Both book & d/w fine and unmarked - though two blind 5mm tears in top of d/w. No othere marks or signatures. Pubd. @ £25. See scans.
Published by HarperCollins 2003, 2003
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Published by London, Harper Collins 2002., 2002
xviii+600pp. 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper. Colour plates and black and white illustrations. A near fine copy.
Published by HarperCollinsPublishers, New York, 2003
ISBN 10: 0060199741 ISBN 13: 9780060199746
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First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First US Edition. HEAVY. xviii, 600pp, 8pp of colour photos, b/w photos, plans, bibliography, index. Or boards in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket. The author takes the reader 'deep into Wren's muti-faceted imagination and discovers the unique, exacting nature ofhis mind. Through the prism of Wren's intellect she unfolds the vibrant, extraordinary emerging new world of late-17th-century science and ideas'. Size: 8vo.
Published by London, HarperCollins,, 2002
xviii, 600 p. Plates, illustrations in the text. A very good copy in the publisher's hardback binding with its dustwrapper.
Published by Harper Collins., London, 2002
Seller: Marrins Bookshop, Folkestone, KENT, United Kingdom
FIRST EDITION. Fat 8vo. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. xviii + 600 pp. Bound in original navy cloth, gilt, in pictorial dust wrapper. A little wear to extremities and light spotting of edges, but otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by 16 pages of colour plates and by numerous black and white text figures, facsimiles and plans. Decorated by title page and chapter heading vignettes. Pictorial endpapers. Biography of the versatile architect, designer and scientist, Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723) by historian of science, Lisa Jardine (1944-2015). ARCHITECTURE BIOGRAPHY ARCHAEOLOGY BIOGRAPHY- HISTORY 17TH CENTURY 18TH CENTURY ARCHITECTURE.
Published by HarperCollins, 2002
ISBN 10: 0007107757 ISBN 13: 9780007107759
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First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Illustrated (illustrator). 1st Edition. Purple boards with gold lettering to the spine. Pictorial unclipped dust jacket with some light wear in places. Now in a new removable protective clear sleeve. 600pp. No inscriptions. Clean and bright pages with illustrations throughout. (Any Digital image can be produced upon request).