Architecture, Civil Engineering from Georg Schneebeli :: Rare Books & Prints

First edition of Josef Frank's (1885–1967) most important theoretical work on architecture. Description: Paper covered boards with original dust jacket, lettered in black. Octavo: 19 × 13 cm; pp. viii, 190. Condition: Dust jacket torn, a longer tear to base of front cover (c. 7 cm), a major loss on the back cover (c. 5 × 2 cm). Binding tight and intact.… Read more about this item

First edition of the volume on Renaissance architecture in Germany, Holland, Belgium and Denmark. Description: Half morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles and decoration to spine, raised bands. Quarto: 27 × 19 cm; pp. viii, 269, [2] ll., publisher's advertisements to the rear. With 340 in-text illustrations and 7 plates. Edges red. Condition: Binding shows very slight shelf wear, spine somewhat… Read more about this item

A landmark in the literature of naval architecture and shipbuilding. Description: Contemporary calf, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, raised bands. Contemporary marbled endpapers. Octavo: 25 × 19 cm; pp. [1] ll., xliv, 1-49, ii-xxix, [51]-484. With the frontispiece engraved by Chedel, and engraved by Nicolas Ozanne, 2 vignettes (one on the title page and one on the dedication page),… Read more about this item

Lecture IV Architecture and History, pp. 1–33; and Lecture V Westminster Abbey, pp. 35–50. Lecture Architecture and History was first given by Morris as a paper read before the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) on July 1. 1884. Westminster Abbey was a paper written for the SPAB in June of 1893. Description: Pale blue paper over boards, with… Read more about this item