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A Glossary of Terms Used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic Architecture

A Glossary of Terms Used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic Architecture

Parker, John Henry

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General ArchitectureGeneral World History

ISBN10: 110807345X
ISBN13: 9781108073455
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Apr 17 2014
Pages: 414
Weight: 1.15
Height: 0.92 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The Oxford bookseller and publisher John Henry Parker (1806-84), a supporter of the Tractarian movement and a friend of Cardinal Newman, was also a historian of architecture, and first published this glossary in 1836. Reissued here is the enlarged third edition of 1840. The work is ordered alphabetically, and illustrated with 700 woodcuts by various artists. As stated in the first edition's preface, the book 'lays no claim to originality, its sole object being utility'. By 1837, 'the rapid sale of the first edition of this work clearly shews that something of the kind was required'. The third edition was followed in 1841 by a companion volume which contained 400 further examples and a chronological table: the two books offered a useful guide for those travellers and others who were taking a keen interest in the built environment. The first volume contains explanations of terms from 'abacus' to 'zotheca' and 105 plates with notes.

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