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Rev Alfred Barry - The Life and Works of Sir Charles Barry

Title: The Life and Works of Sir Charles Barry
Description: New York, Benjamin Blom, Inc, 1973. Cloth. A lovely modern printing of this biography of Sir Charles Barry. Originally published in 1867. This a reprint of the 1972 reissue by Benjamin Blom. Illustrated with a frontispiece and folding plates to rear as well as black and white plates throughout. A biographical sketch of the life and work of Sir Charles Barry, British architect best known for his contribution to the  rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament) in London during the nineteenth century. Written by Rev. Alfred Barry.  From the library of Doctor Malcolm Higgs, an important architectural historian who worked as an assistant architect to Stirling & Gowan, working on their particularly renowned Leicester University Engineering Laboratory. During his long career he taught at the University of Edinburgh School of Architecture, Canterbury School of Architecture, and University of Nottingham. Later in his life he was the Vice-President and Honorary Librarian of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and contributed and edited the "Journal of Architecture". In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine .

Keywords: new editions biography sir charles barry biography Not Stated

Price: GBP 30.00 = appr. US$ 42.84 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 856A35

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