A Treatise on Chancel Screens and Rood LoftsTheir Antiquity, Use, and Symboli…

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Ornamental Designs from Architectural Sheet MetalThe Complete Broschart & Bra…

This generously illustrated book brings back into print a turn-of-the-century catalog depicting over 1,000 ornamental sheet metal designs offered to architects, interior designers, and home builders by a major American supplier. Today's architectural historians, renovation specialists, and vintage home enthusiasts will find it an indispensable reference guide to the embellishments that were an …

Italian Villas and Their Gardens

This vintage book comprises a comprehensive guide to Italian villas and their gardens - written by Edith Wharton. This interesting and profusely illustrated guide will appeal to those with an interest in the beautiful villas of Italy, and it will be of special interest to fans and collectors of Wharton's work. Edith Wharton (1862 - 1937) was a famous American writer and designer who won the Pul…

Studies in Perspective

When the Renaissance reached Northern Europe, Jan Vredeman de Vries (15271604) ranked among its most influential advocates. His books of architectural engravings opened new avenues of invention, reflecting the era's artistic crosscurrents. Their combination of Northern and Southern elements forms a powerful expression of sixteenth-century Netherlands culture and constitutes a new style that spr…

A History of Architecture in all Countries, Volumes 1 and 2, 3rd ed.From the …

We believe that this work holds historical, cultural and/or intellectual importance in the literary works community, therefore despite the oddities, we accounted the work for print as a part of our continuing effort towards preservation of...

Paris Mansions and Apartments 1893Facades, Floor Plans and Architectural Details

Selected from a very rare portfolio, this volume presents exquisitely detailed engravings of Parisian apartment buildings and mansions of the late nineteenth century. Its 100 plates depict 50 buildings in the richly ornamented Beaux-Arts Classical style. These illustrations are the work of Pierre Gelis-Didot, who is celebrated for his architectural drawings. They depict buildings by such distin…

A B C of Gothic Architecture

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

The English CastleAn Account of Its Development as a Military Structure

Once a seat of government as well as the private residence of its owners, the medieval castle was also a military base and stronghold for the surrounding geographical area. The development of these sturdy fortifications in England during the Middle Ages is carefully examined in this profusely illustrated book. From early chapters dealing with primitive earthworks and Roman stations, the text go…

A History of Chester Cathedralwith biographical notices of the Bishops and Deans

WHEN we reflect upon the momentous and happy results which have always followed the introduction of Christianity amongst a people;—how it has ever proved an up-lifting and progressive power; influencing man in the holiest affections and most inward laws of his moral being; extending its benign agency through all the relationships of social life, and acting in various methods as a living princ…

Victorian Dwellings for Village and Country (1885)

Reprint of rare catalog includes floor plans and elevations for 35 different residences, from a one-story seaside summer cottage ({dollar}700) to a five-story villa with over 15 rooms, furnace, gas, and "speaking tubes" ({dollar}10,000). Invaluable to preservationists, home restorers and anyone intrigued by social and economic aspects of late-Victorian life. 149 illustrations.