Examples of Gothic architecture (2 vols)

Examples of Gothic architecture, selected from various ancient edifices in England : consisting of plans, elevations, sections, and parts at large, calculated to exemplify the various styles, and the practical construction of this admired class of architecture : accompanied by historical and descriptive accounts (2 volume set)

Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin; Thomas Larkins WALKER; Edward James Willson

1830-1836.

2 volume set. Rebound in modern burgundy cloth with gold lettering and head and tail lines. Hardcover.  Good binding and cover. S potting / foxing throughout.  Some white discoloration to rear cover vol. 2. Consists primarily of plates from Pugin's works in 4to format. Volume 2 printed in 1836, the literary part by E.J. Willson.   

"May be regarded as ... a continuation of ... 'Specimens [of Gothic architecture]' ... published in two volumes 4to by A. Pugin ... 3d edition, 1825"--Vol. 1, p. [ix].  Added engraved t.p., dated 1830; at head of title: Domestic architecture.

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