Author: BRANDTS BUYS, L.,
Title: De landelijke bouwkunst in Hollands Noorderkwartier.
Description: Arnhem, Stichting Historisch Boerderij-Onderzoek, 1974. sm. thick 4°. cloth, pict. col. dustjacket designed by Frans Evenhuis. 593pp. Over 650 photo-ills. of which coloured depict. farmhouses, num. diagrs. & architectural drawings in text & full-p., full-p. sketch-maps (of which historical) of which 1 extd. with legenda, 5 extensive registers, glossary, bibliogr., provenance of illustrs., ext. german summary. (US $ 247,00) Lavishly illustrated standard-work on the West-Frisian farmhouse with their typical pyramidical roofs: history & architectural development. A very fine & spotless copy.

Keywords: dutch architecture farmhouses north holland province history development folklore customs housing tradition holland