The English Cathedral of the Nineteenth Century

London : John Murray , 1861. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 5.5". Not Stated. An uncommon first edition copy of The English Cathedral of the Nineteenth Century, with illustrations. An uncommon volume.A first edition copy. The English Cathedral of the Nineteenth Century is by A. J. B. Beresford Hope who was a British author and Conservative politician. This volume gives an extensive introduction to English Cathedrals, their style, plan, modern Cathedrals, features, internal decorations and accessories. With in-text illustrations and two plates.Collated, complete. With advertisements to the rear. From the library of Doctor Malcolm Higgs, an important architectural historian who worked as an assistant architect to Stirling & Gowan, working on their particularly renowned Leicester University Engineering Laboratory. During his long career he taught at the University of Edinburgh School of Architecture, Canterbury School of Architecture, and University of Nottingham. Later in his life he was the Vice-President and Honorary Librarian of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and contributed and edited the "Journal of Architecture". In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some fading to the spine and bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Previous owner inscription to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good