The Virginia Journals of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 1795-1798 (2 Volumes)
by Latrobe, Benjamin Henry; Carter II, Edward (Editor); Polites, Angeline (Editor)
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Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Jacket Condition: Very Good. Yale University Press, 1977. 575 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Dust jackets have light general wear and several small scuff marks. Two Volume set. Size: 11.2 x 8.7 x 2.5. Latrobe (1764-1820), English-born architect of the United States Capitol under Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe, set the course for a vast amount of nineteenth-century American architecture with such works as the Capitol, the Bank of Pennsylvania, and the Baltimore Cathedral. A pioneering engineer as well, he designed the nation's first comprehensive steam-powered waterworks in Philadelphia. Latrobe combined his professional concerns with an astonishing range of other interests and an acutely ob- servant eye. His papers form one of the finest existing literary and pictorial descriptions of the young republic. Architecture::Architecture General History::U.S.A.::Pre-Civil War 6207L
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- The Virginia Journals of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 1795-1798 (2 Volumes)
- Author
- Latrobe, Benjamin Henry; Carter II, Edward (Editor); Polites, Angeline (Editor)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0300021984
- ISBN 13
- 9780300021981
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- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven, Ct
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- 1977
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