A Handbook of Greek & Roman Architecture
by Robertson, D.S
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Contemporary full brown tree calf rebacked with gilt front cover crest of Dulwich College. All edges marbled. Fine
- Seller
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About This Item
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1929. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary full brown tree calf rebacked with gilt front cover crest of Dulwich College. All edges marbled. Fine. 406 pages. 22.5 x 15.5 cm. Presents Doric, Ionic and Corinthian styles in various Roman and Hellenistic periods, plus examples of temple, theatres and town planning. 24 black and white plates, 134 black and white figures. Appendices and General Index. Dulwitch College, London is an independent boy boarding school founded 1619 by Elizabethan actor Edward Alleyn to educate poor scholars. New endpapers, raised bands, spine panels richly gilt. Bright, very fresh copy.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23686
- Title
- A Handbook of Greek & Roman Architecture
- Author
- Robertson, D.S
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Contemporary full brown tree calf rebacked with gilt front cover crest of Dulwich College. All edges marbled. Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- Roman
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture; Art Reference;
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