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Books - John Britton - 'Pugin and Le Keux's Specimens
Books - John Britton - 'Pugin and Le Keux's Specimens
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Published 1828 AD. J. Britton, London, first edition, Pugin and Le Keux's Specimens of the Architectural Antiquities of Normandy, engraved title, 80 engraved plates (some coloured), 2pp list of plates, title, viii and xx prefaces, 40pp text]; bound in original cloth (part loss to spine); some plates unnumbered and marked 'proof' and general plate numbering not in accordance with the List of Subjects; several plates double page. 1.57 kg, 29 x 24cm (11 1/2 x 9 1/2") Property of a Kent collector; by inheritance. Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852 AD) was an architect in the Gothic Revival style and his career culminated with the design of the Palace of Westminster, London, including Big Ben, after the fire of 1834; he also designed buildings in Ireland and Australia; this work, with drawings by Pugin and engraved by Le Keux, was influential on his later designs. [No Reserve]
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