About this title: Inigo Jones was the first English classical architect, famous in his own time (he was nine years junior to Shakespeare) and the posthumous sponsor of the Palladianism of the 18th century. Sir John Summerson clears away a mass of legend in order to direct attention to the essential, basing a new assessment of his genius on the evidence of buildings and designs of undoubted authenticity. While the Queen's house at Greenwich and the famous Whitehall Banqueting House receive due acknowledgement, such long lost works as the Covent Garden Piazza and the transformation of old St Paul's are shown, ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1966
Description: Good. Save some $$$. Perfectly Good Reading Copy. Shelfwear from storage in box with other books. Great Copy. Ships Lightning Fast. read more
Description: Good; 1966. 0140208399. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Pelican A839-Aged, cover wear and crease, some page discoloration, red remainder marks at bottom edge of book-good, usable copy but aged.; softcover; Penguin Books; England; , read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Pelican/Penguin, London
Date Published: 1966
Description: Very Good. First Edition. Soft Cover. Minor shelfwear and some toning on cover. Pages are clean and unmarked with hint of toning. Binding is tight-no spine lines. Beautiful condition. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Yale Univ Press
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780300082449ISBN:0300082444
Description: Good. H. Exceptionally Nice ex-library paperback with identifiers. No spine crease. Only slight bumping and rubbing. Text is clean, unmarked, tight. read more
Edition: Pelican Book A839
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books The Architect Society, Harmondsworth
Date Published: 1966
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner. Nice tight copy. 149 p. : illus. (incl. port. ) plans.; 20 cm. The Architect and society. Includes: Illustrations, Portraits, Plans. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Pelican book A839. Bibliography: p. 141-144. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Paul Mellon Center BA
Date Published: 6-10-00
ISBN-13:9780300082432ISBN:0300082436
Description: FAIR. Clean, unread, unmarked hardcover with strong bumps to the edges of the boards causing rippling affect through pages-not pretty-but text still clean. 1.04 lbs. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: London Penguin Books 1966
Date Published: 1966
Description: Good. Hardbound with DJ, mild ex-library NO POCKET, discarded library stamp to title page, aside for the usual library markings still in VG/VG condition. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780140208399ISBN:0140208399
Description: Acceptable. Small Octavo. A tightly bound copy with front & back corner creases. Occasional pale yellow highlighting in text, not excessive. Overall, a very servicable study or reading copy. read more
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