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Specimens of Gothic architecture : selected from various ancient edifices in England : consisting of plans, elevations, sections, and parts at large ; calculated to exemplify the various syles, and the practical construction of this admired class of architecture / by Augustus Pugin ; accompanied by historical and descriptive accounts, by E.J. Willson.

Accession number
PML 145718-19
Creator
Pugin, Augustus, 1762-1832.
Published
London : M.A. Nattali, 19, Southampton Street, Covent Garden, [1825]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
"Notice to the third edition ... E.J.W. May 1825."--Vol. 1, p. [vi].
Added engraved and illustrated t.p.'s.
Illustrated with engravings by E. Turrell, John Le Keux, J. Roffe, J. Cleghorn, J. Lambert, R. Roffe, and others, after architectural plans and drawings by Pugin.
Vol. 1: xx, 44, [1], 77 leaves of plates; v. 2: xxiii, 34 p., 54 leaves of plates, vi, [7]-24, [4] p.
Text of v. 2 followed by separately paginated sequence (vi, [7]-24 p.), with special t.p. reading: A glossary of technical terms, descriptive of Gothic architecture ... to accompany the Specimens of Gothic architecture, by Augustus Pugin / compiled by Edward James Willson.
Plates accompanied by guard sheets.
Description
2 v. : ill., plans ; 30 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
1/2 red morocco.
Classification
Department