Florentine New Towns: Urban Design in the Late Middle Ages
NY: Architectural History Foundation, 1988. Hardcover. Rust cloth, orange DJ. 373 pp. Profuse bw plates. More
NY: Architectural History Foundation, 1988. Hardcover. Rust cloth, orange DJ. 373 pp. Profuse bw plates. More
New York: World Publishing, 1970. Hardcover. Red cloth, blue/white ill. DJ. Numerous color and bw ills. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1987. Hardcover. Maroon boards, red ill. DJ. 208 pp. 200+ bw and color ills. Comprehensive interior design manual and style guide. More
New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1971. Softbound. Tan and illustrated wraps. 141 pp., 200 BW illus. An unabridged republication, with minor corrections, of the work originally published in London in 1807. This edition includes a new introduction by David Watkin and an additional selection of illustrations. Black & white plates..... More
Cologne, Germany: Universitats-und Stadtbibliothek Koln, 2018. Hardcover. blue cloth boards w/ black printing. 168 pgs w/ color illustrations. Text primarily in English with closing chapter in French. Wonderfully illustrated. Scarce. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1973. Hardcover. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and design. White and BW-illustrated dust jacket, red and black lettering. [80] pp. Filled with BW illustrations. An easy read, this book details the construction of the Notre Dame Cathedral. More
Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1892. Original. Hardcover. Brown buckram boards, [xiv] 520 pp., [23] pp of publisher's advertising, frontispice and bw illustrations throughout. From the preface: "The fourth volume continues the account of Scottish buildings begun in Volume III., comprising the remaining structures of the Fourth Period, including those of the..... More
Paris: Les Editions du Palais, 2012. Hardcover. Gold paper boards, gold & white & illus. dust jacket, 184 pp., many color illus. Text is in French. Visits three French cathedrals -- Saint-Denis, Chartres, and Notre-Dame -- and considers them in terms of symbolism, sacred architecture, and geometry; as well as..... More
Basel, Switzerland: Birkhäuser / IN-EX Projects, 1999. Softcover. Electric blue & color illus. wraps, 446 pp., profusely illus. in color & BW. Text is in English and French. An architectural periodical of sorts, crammed full of illustrations. Includes interviews with Francis Soler, Jacques Ferrier, Willem Jan Neutelings & Michiel Riedijk..... More
London: Aurum Press, 2010. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with gilt spine lettering, color illustrated dust jacket, bw illustrated end pages, bw frontispiece, 192 pp, profusely illustrated in bw and color. "Architectural historian David Watkin takes a fresh look at the traditional British country house and shows how Classicism has been..... More
London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1984. Hardcover. Chocolate brown cloth, crimson title blocks on spine & front cover with gilt letters or decoration; maroon & color illus. dust jacket, 201 pp., BW & color illus. "This book tells the story of 22 Arlington Street, the great town house designed for..... More