[1908] London Churches Ancient & Modern

Description

Decorative Binding, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce

A complete two volume set.

In publisher's original decorative blue cloth bindings. 

Includes:

London Churches Ancient & Modern, First Series: Mediaeval & Early Renaissance
With a frontispiece and 28 plates. With decorative endpapers. Collated, complete. 

London Churches Ancient & Modern, Second Series: Classical & Modern
With a frontispiece and 32 plates. Collated, complete.

Both dated from the British Library. Date inscription to title pages that we disagree with. 

A extensive historical study into the construction and development of London's historical churches, with notes on architectural features, decorations of different periods, and building materials. 

The first series covers the Norman and Early English periods, the Decorated and Perpendicular periods, the Riverside and Suburban Mediaeval churches, the Early Renaissance period and the churches of Sir Christopher Wren.

The second series covers the Era of Classicism and the Gothic Revival Period.