By George Edmund Street
London   John Murray
9" by 6" xx, 287pp. (32)
A superior first edition of British Architect George Edmund Street's travelogue of his trip to Italy, providing insight into Italian architecture and adorned with fantastic plates.
By George Edmund Street

1855 Brick and Marble in the Middle Ages; Notes of a Tour in the North of Italy

London   John Murray
9" by 6" xx, 287pp. (32)
A superior first edition of British Architect George Edmund Street's travelogue of his trip to Italy, providing insight into Italian architecture and adorned with fantastic plates.
£190.00
: 1kgs / : 980Z8

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Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

The first edition. 

Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and thirty three plates by the author, including six in colour. Collated, complete. 

In the publisher's original cloth. 

Architect George Edmund Street describes his travels around Italy and comments upon the architecture he encounters on his trip. Street was a leading practitioner of the Victorian Gothic Revival, and his most recognisable building is the Law Courts (now the Royal Courts of Justice) on the Strand in London.

Publisher's catalogue to the rear.

Condition

In the publisher's original cloth. Externally excellent with only minor marks to the boards and the slightest fading to the spine. Bookbinder's label to the rear pastedown. Internally generally firmly bound with the odd page starting, with generally bright and clean pages and only the odd spot to the front and rear, otherwise clean.

Very Good Indeed

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