A biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840 /

By:

Colvin, Howard, 1919-2007

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Facts On File, 1980, c1978.Description: 1080 pages : genealogical tables ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0871964422

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Summary: "This is designed to be an authoritative work for reference for the history of British architecture. it contains biographies of every significant architect practicing in England, Scotland and Wales from the time of Inigo Jones (1573-1652) to that of William Burn (1789 - 1870) and Sir Charles Barry (1795 - 1860). As such it supersedes all previous works of reference, including the Dictionary of the Architectural Publication Society, the Dictionary of National Biography, and Howard Colvin's Biographical Dictionary ofEnglish Architects 1660-1840 (Now out of print). For Scotland it is the first publication of its kind, and incorporates the results of much recent research on Scottish architecture.... " - From the Jacket

List(s) this item appears in: Richardson Collection

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Reference	Carleton University, AVRC	Richardson Collection - Non CIrculating - Call No. Accompanied by Red Dot	Open-stacks	NA996.C6 1980 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan		16055001234

Rev. and enl. ed. of the author's A biographical dictionary of English architects, 1600-1840.

Includes indexes.

Signed on lining page "D.S. Richardson" and on table of contents "Edwards Books, Toronto (97.50 -> 25.99) 1985"

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