Building - Polychromatic Decoration as applied to buildings in the mediaeval styles.

Polychromatic Decoration as applied to buildings in the mediaeval styles. Thirty-six plates in colours and gold, with general introduction and descriptive letterpress. AUDSLEY W & G [22222]

Published: London, Henry Sotheran,
Date: 1882.
Description: vii, 32pp + 36 lovely cromo-lithograph plates, each with descriptive single-sided text page. Publisher's gilt lettered and patterned cloth, top edge gilt. 41x29. Head and tail of spine repaired, new blank end-papers, minor wear to corners. Contents good with plates in fine condition and a good tight copy.
Notes: The Audsley brothers moved from Scotland to Liverpool in 1856 and set up an architectural practice there. They published several chromolithographic plate books, some of them influenced by Japanese art. The present work is one of their finest.
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Price: £350.00

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Polychromatic Decoration as applied to buildings in the mediaeval styles. Thirty-six plates in colours and gold, with general introduction and descriptive letterpress. AUDSLEY W & G [22222]