Author: Theodore Andrea Cook; W H Ward
Title: Twenty-Five Great Houses of France
Description: London, Country Life, 1916. Leather. A beautiful guide to the stunning houses in France, such as houses in Maintenon, Chantilly, and Loir-et-Cher. Theodore Cook was a British writer and art critic, known for publishing various books about art, including 'Spirals in Nature and Art', 'A History of the English Turf', and 'The Sunlit Hours&apos. He was also an avid athlete, being the captain of the football and rowing teams at Radley College, and founding the Oxford University Fencing Club in 1891. His mother, Jane Elizabeth Cook, was also an artist, who inspired Theodore in his youth to travel into Europe. His travels provided him with the passion and information for this book, which looks at the great houses of France. Most of the photographs in this book are by Frederick Evans. Evans primarily photographed architecture, especially cathedrals. He used the plantnotype technique for his photography, though as it was too expensive, was forced to use cheaper alternatives. Before retiring in 1915, he had become widely regarded as the greatest architectural photographer of his era. Prior owner's ink inscription to the top of the front free endpaper, 'Richard Blake Brown&apos. This could possibly be the chaplain and author Richard Blake Brown, who published 'Yet Trouble Came', 'Bright Glades', and 'The Blank Cheque&apos. He was known as an eccentric man, probably homosexual, and he published about fourteen books during his life, for which he received positive reviews from the like of the diarist and war-nurse Vera Brittain. With three-hundred and eighty in-text photographs. Undated, dated using Copac. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's half cloth binding with paper boards. Rubbing to the paper boards causing a little loss. Discolouration to the cloth to the front board and to the spine. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Light rubbing to the spine. Very light spotting to the foredge. Small chip to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with just the odd spot due to the light spotting to the foredge. Prior owner's ink inscription to the top of the front free endpaper, 'Richard Blake Brown&apos. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Frederick H Evans. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: france maintenon chantilly loir-et-cher maintenon amboise loche Frederick H Evans
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Title: Twenty-Five Great Houses of France
Description: London, Country Life, 1916. Leather. A beautiful guide to the stunning houses in France, such as houses in Maintenon, Chantilly, and Loir-et-Cher. Theodore Cook was a British writer and art critic, known for publishing various books about art, including 'Spirals in Nature and Art', 'A History of the English Turf', and 'The Sunlit Hours&apos. He was also an avid athlete, being the captain of the football and rowing teams at Radley College, and founding the Oxford University Fencing Club in 1891. His mother, Jane Elizabeth Cook, was also an artist, who inspired Theodore in his youth to travel into Europe. His travels provided him with the passion and information for this book, which looks at the great houses of France. Most of the photographs in this book are by Frederick Evans. Evans primarily photographed architecture, especially cathedrals. He used the plantnotype technique for his photography, though as it was too expensive, was forced to use cheaper alternatives. Before retiring in 1915, he had become widely regarded as the greatest architectural photographer of his era. Prior owner's ink inscription to the top of the front free endpaper, 'Richard Blake Brown&apos. This could possibly be the chaplain and author Richard Blake Brown, who published 'Yet Trouble Came', 'Bright Glades', and 'The Blank Cheque&apos. He was known as an eccentric man, probably homosexual, and he published about fourteen books during his life, for which he received positive reviews from the like of the diarist and war-nurse Vera Brittain. With three-hundred and eighty in-text photographs. Undated, dated using Copac. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's half cloth binding with paper boards. Rubbing to the paper boards causing a little loss. Discolouration to the cloth to the front board and to the spine. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Light rubbing to the spine. Very light spotting to the foredge. Small chip to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with just the odd spot due to the light spotting to the foredge. Prior owner's ink inscription to the top of the front free endpaper, 'Richard Blake Brown&apos. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Frederick H Evans. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: france maintenon chantilly loir-et-cher maintenon amboise loche Frederick H Evans
Price: GBP 120.00 = appr. US$ 171.36 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 601P8
- Book number: 601P8
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