Balbus : a picture book of building / written and devized by Oliver Hill and Hans Tisdall
1944, 1st edition. London : Pleiades Books, Ltd. Near fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #428196
Physical description; 1 preliminary leaf, 48 pages, 1 leaf color illustrations 26 x 21 cm. Audience; juvenile. Contents; The snail -- Tents, wigwams and huts -- Caravans and barges -- Babylonian, Assyrian and Persian -- Ancient Egyptian -- Ancient Greek -- Ancient Roman -- Romanesque and Byzantine -- Norman -- Gothic -- The castles -- The great wall of China -- Angkor Vat -- Old Mexican building -- The Russian churches -- Arabian cities -- The Renaissance -- Inigo Jones and Christopher Wren -- Baroque -- Queen Anne and Georgian -- Shipbuilding -- Victorian -- Skyscrapers -- Modern Scandinavian. Subjects; Architecture History. Architecture ; Juvenile literature. Architecture History ; Juvenile literature. Architecture. Architecture for children.
Price: €45.00