A Treatise on the Ecclesiastical Architecture of England During the Middle Ages

London : J. Taylor, 1811 . First edition. Leather. Near Fine. 10" by 6". Not Stated. A first edition copy of this volume on ecclesiastical architecture by John Milner, with illustrations. A first edition copy. A Treatise on the Ecclesiastical Architecture of England During the Middle Ages explores the architecture of buildings of Christian churches, with an emphasis on Gothic architecture and the pointed arch. With ten plates to the rear.Collated, complete. With a publisher advert 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 half calf binding with cloth covered boards. Externally, lovely with some fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound with generally bright and clean pages. Near Fine