The Domestic Architecture of England During the Tudor Period, Volume One
London: B. T. Batsford, 1911. Hardcover. Bound in 3/4 burgundy leather and cloth. Vol. I: xxii, pp. 1 through 132. Plates 1 through 79. Fair (heavy shelfwear to boards, covers are not attached, spine missing, title half page is torn, first few pages are crinkled and soiled, plates lightly age toned but otherwise fairly clear). Item #189364
Title continues, "Illustrated in a series of photographs and measured drawings of country mansions, manor houses and smaller buildings, with historical and descriptive text." Authors examine Tudor architecture by illustrating some of England's most notable homes and mansions. Examples include Agecroft Hall, Amesbury Lake House, Beaupre Hall, Lytes Cary Manor House, Aston Bury Manor House, Athelhampton Hall, Baddesley Clinton Manor House, Beckington Castle, Bishop's Hull Manor House, Doughton Manor House, Speke Hall, Sizergh Castle, Painswick Court House, Oxford College, and many, many other examples. Details interior views of furnishings, windows, panelling, ironwork, doors and doorways, roofs, and brickwork. Exterior views of houses, gatehouses and gardens. Illustrations also include flooplans.
OCLC: 1165483
Price: $125.00