Architecture Mysticism and Myth
by W. R. Lethaby
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York : George Braziller, 1975. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8.5" by 5.5". W. R. Lethaby. A very smart edition of this study into architecture, linking mysticism to the design process. First published in 1891. Illustrated with frontispiece and thirty in-text figures. Collated complete. Linking mysticism to the architectural design process, with reference to the microcosmos, the jewel-bearing tree, the planetary spheres, the labyrinth, pavements, ceilings, and windows, and much more. Written and illustrated by William Richard Lethaby, an English architect and architectural historian. 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 the original black cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light age toning to the endpapers. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 857T36
- Title
- Architecture Mysticism and Myth
- Author
- W. R. Lethaby
- Illustrator
- W. R. Lethaby
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Braziller
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975
- Size
- 8.5" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Architecture Myth Mysticism Lethaby Myth
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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