Leather. 8vo. Published by John Henry Parker, Oxford, UK. 1851- 1853. Volume 1, xxxii, 287 pgs, 105 w/engraved plates or illustrations; Volume 2: xvi, 352 pgs, 120 w/engraved plates or illustrations. Titles printed in red & black. Bound 3/4 red leather and matching red paper covered boards by Hachards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Light foxing present.Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The volumes aim to illustrate the history of architecture in England to add to the national records.The first volume discusses the architecture of the period from the Conquest to the end of the thirteenth century, this volume is written by T. Hudson Turner and published in 1851.
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