Episodes in the Gothic revival : six church architects / edited by Christopher Webster
2011, 1st edition. Reading : Spire. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #420039
ISBN: 9781904965343
Physical description; 240 pp.: illustrations ; 25 cm. Contents; 1. John Carter (1748-1817) and the late Georgian struggle for Gothic authenticity / Terry Friedman -- 2. Thomas Rickman (1776-1841): `A name to whom we owe, perhaps, more than any other' / M.H. Port -- 3. `Foremost among those who successfully promoted the ancient style of architecture': the churches of Thomas Taylor (1777/8-1826) / Christopher Webster -- 4. R.C. Carpenter (1812-55): the Anglicans' Pugin / John Elliott -- 5. George Edmund Street (1824-81): an architect on holiday / Neil Jackson -- 6. `A man at once strong in the present and reverent of the past' -- John Thomas Micklethwaite (1843-1906) / Peter Howell. Subjects; Architects Great Britain. Gothic revival (Architecture). Church architecture. Great Britain History 19th century. Carpenter, R C, 1812-1855. Carter, John, 1748-1817. Micklethewaite, John Thomas, 1843-1906. Rickman, Thomas, 1776-1841. Street, George Edmund, 1824-1881.
Price: €85.00