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St. Paul's Cathedral  London  Measured, Drawn,+ Described by Arthur R. E. Foley

St. Paul's Cathedral London Measured, Drawn,+ Described by Arthur R. E. Foley

St. Paul's Cathedral London Measured, Drawn,+ Described by Arthur R. E. Foley

$300.00

Foley, R.E.R. Blomfield, Reginald. Introduction.
Author 1927
SKU: S02300

London; printed for the author by the Chiswick Press 1st edition, 1927. Folio [text block 565 x 385mm], tissue-guarded frontispiece, title-page printed in red and black with two vignettes of the silver medal awarded to the author by the R.I.B.A. for this survey, 31 plates, 4 text figures, xvi, 29, viipp, publisher's half brown morocco over publisher's brown buckram covered boards, the upper board with superb large gilt stamp of cathedral west front. Front cover board broken at the spine.   A fine copy of this excellently produced book, the first survey of its kind of St Paul's : ".an accurate and complete record.[with an] accuracy and precision of draughtsmanship quite the best thing of its kind that has been done in this country." Blomfield. Excellent interior content but exterior shows some wear.

31 plates of drawings.. Cl.  Many illus. in B/W