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A Treatise on the Decorative Part of Civil Architecture: Volume 2: With Illustrations, Notes, and an Examination of Grecian Arch
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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A Treatise on the Decorative Part of Civil Architecture: Volume 2: With Illustrations, Notes, and an Examination of Grecian Arch
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) William Chambers
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Edited by Joseph Gwilt
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| Series | Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:322 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152 |
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| Category/Genre | Architectural structure and design
History of architecture |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781108054706
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| Classifications | Dewey:729.3 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
39 Plates, black and white; 3 Line drawings, unspecified
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
23 August 2012 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Sir William Chambers (1722-96), architect and furniture designer, wished to further his career in the 1750s by publishing on architecture. He also became the Prince of Wales' architectural tutor, architect to the office of works, then head of the royal works (comptroller and surveyor-general from 1782). Notably, he remodelled Buckingham House (1762-73) and designed Somerset House (1775-96), but Chambers' reputation rests also on his Treatise on Civil Architecture (1759), which he revised and expanded in 1791 as A Treatise on the Decorative Part of Civil Architecture. It is regarded as one of the standard English texts on classical architecture, and remains essential reading. This reissue is of the two-volume edition of 1825, annotated by the architect and writer Joseph Gwilt (1784-1863). Volume 2 focuses on the application of the orders as well as smaller architectural features, including doors, windows, balustrades, chimney-pieces and ceilings.
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