Memoirs of the Life and Works of Sir Christopher Wren, with a brief view of the Progress of architecture in England, from the beginning of the Reign of Charles I to the end of the Seventeenth Century; and an Appendix of Authentic Documents. by Elmes, James

London: Priestley and Weale, 1823. Hardcover. Good. 1823. Hardcover, 4to. in tan leather. 532pp. with 11 architectural plates plus a 146 page appendix. Good. Front boards and endpapers are detached. Boards rubbed. Contents foxed and lightly water damaged in the upper left corner of some pages, but contents remain overall readable and the plates are intact.

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Cambridge University Press, 2015. Paperback. New. 744 pages. 9.75x7.00x1.75 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. This 1823 work, the first biography of Wren, is based on the so-called 'Parentalia', or notes on the Wren family compiled by his son (also Christopher) and privately printed by his grandson Stephen in 1750. James Elmes places Wren's life in the context of the intellectual ferment of Restoration England.

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Cambridge University Press, 2015. Paperback. New. 744 pages. 9.75x7.00x1.75 inches.

Cambridge University Press, 2015-03-04. paperback. New. 7x1x10. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

London: Priestley and Weale. This is a Good Copy of this Book in full rich brown leather (Calf) binding with black moroccan title label to the second compartment to spine lettered in gilt.There are five raised bands to spine each adorned in gilt.The book has bright marbled endpapers with marbled page edges with gilt embossed borders to the outer boards.There is some fraying and scuffing to the leather around the head of spine.There are a total of 11 wonderful plates many of which are folding plans and drawings.There is a frontispiece of Sir Christopher Wren to the verso of the Title Page.There is just one small and neat previous owner's address label affixed to one of the blank front endpapers.The binding of the book remains firm with no hinge weakness and there are no loose pages.It's a nice tight firm square copy.As you would expect there is some browning and foxing to the pre-lims and some sporadic foxing spots in the internal text block but nothing major and the book has survived it's… Read More