Author: PARKER John Henry
Title: A Concise Glossary of Architecture [Title Page gives: A Concise Glossary of Terms Used in Grecian, Roman, Italian and Gothic Architecture]
Description: Oxford and London, Parker & Co, 1875, 4th ed revised. fold-out colour plan of Wells Cathedral, 327pp plus 8 pp publisher's adverts, many beautiful ills. 18x12, glt lttd decorated cloth Cloth a bit marked, faded and slightly pulled at top and bottom of spine, good thus. Parker's Glossary, in its full and this concise form, was one of the most successful architectural publications of the 19th century. Parker, who was both architect and publisher, did much to disseminate knowledge about architectural forms to a broader audience.

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