Royal Heritage: The Story of Britain's Royal Builders and Collectors

London England: British Broadcasting Corporation. Royal building - from the Tower of London, through the great medieval chapels, churches, and castles, the Banqueting house at Whitehall and on to the hospitals at Greenwich and Chelsea and the pavilion at Brighton - are a central theme in the history of British archictecture. The royal collection itself is of an unparalleled magnificence and variety. This book shows how the collection reflects the taste and interests of successive royal builders and collectors. The illustrations cover paintings and drawings, buildings and furniture, porcelain and glass, jewels and stamps, books and scientific instruments. This is a portrait of one aspect of monarchy, a celebration of patronage and taste which, like the films it accompanies, will help make Britain's Royal heritage better known to the public at large. Illustrated. 360 pp.light wear and tear to jacket price clpped (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.) heavt book overseas extra postage thanks for looking . Very Good. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 1977.