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1915 Memorials & Monuments Old and New: Two Hundred Subjects Chosen from Seven Centuries
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Description
First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding
First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and two hundred and fifty-eight illustrations, of which over two hundred are on plates. Collated complete. A detailed and comprehensive historical study of memorials and monuments, with chapters on personal memorials, architects and sculptors, Nelson's tomb, methods of engraving, Mediaeval examples, classical precedents, crosses, and more. Written by Sir Lawrence Walter William Weaver, an English architectural writer and civil servant. With publisher's catalogue to the rear.
Condition
In the original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally, sound with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with minor chipping to the extremities. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Minor age toning to the endpapers with a contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper.
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