Architecture and the After-Life de Colvin, Dr. Howard - 1992-02-08

Yale University Press. Used - Good. Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Yale University Press, 1992-02-08. Hardcover. Used: Good.

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 26.5 x 20 cm. Quarto. 418pp. Color frontispiece photo, in-text black and white photographs, diagrams. Blue cloth in dust jacket. Some rubbing to the bottom of the obards.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991. Hardcover. Good (Boards are lightly edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; textblock is lightly scuffed/foxed; interior is very clean; binding is solid.). Blue buckram with gilt lettering on the spine; xi, 418 pp.; richly illustrated. Architectural historian Colvin (emeritus fellow, St. John's College, Oxford U.) provides a history of funerary architecture in western Europe from the earliest megalithic tombs of prehistory to the establishment of public cemeteries in the 19th century, tracing the ways in which these structures represent changing ideas about the after-life as well as changes in architectural style. The book, beautifully produced on heavy stock, includes seven color and 268 b & w illustrations, 90 specially drawn plans and elevations, and an extensive bibliography. -- WorldCat.

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. Blue cloth, gilt title. 430pp. col. frontis.; b/w & col. illus. Slight edge wear to boards and slight shelf wear to dust jacket but contents very clean and bright. A lovely copy in very good condition. HEAVY BOOK - OVERSEAS ORDERS WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL POSTAGE. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1991.

Yale University Press, 1991. Hardcover. Very minor shelfwear, else very good plus, clean, tight and bright condition / bright and crisp dust jacket. Size: 9"x10.5", 418pp., 358 black & white illustrations, colour frontispiece.

Yale University Press. Very Good. 1992. Hardcover. 0300050984 . Bottom edge shelf worn. Slight wrinkling to dj top edge, otherwise fine copy.; 10.5 X 8.2 X 1.6 inches; 432 pages .

New Haven : Yale University Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description : xi, 418 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 27 cm. Notes : Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-402) and index. Contents : Megalith and tumulus -- The mausoleum of Halicarnassus -- The mausolea of the Roman emperors -- The Romans and their monuments -- From mausoleum to martyrium -- Christian burial and medieval church architecture -- The revival of the architectural tomb -- Chantries and funerary churches in medieval Europe -- The family chapel in Renaissance Italy -- Triumphal tombs and the counter-Reformation -- The princely burial church in Catholic Europe -- The family chapel in Protestant England and Sweden -- The return of the mausoleum -- Funerary architecture in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries -- The triumph of the… Leer más

New Haven,, 1991. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Some shelfwear to head and tail of spine. . Small 4to. pp xi, 418. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered gilt on spine. Signed presentation from Lord Wayland Young Kennet to his wife, 'Liz, for her birthday in 1992, from Wayland'. Including correspondence (a good quite long signed handwritten letter) between Howard Colvin and Lady Kennet, 'You are of course quite right about corrections... your sincerely, Howard Colvin.' ISBN: 0300050984

Yale University Press, 04/11/1991 00:00:01. hardcover. Like New. 4.0369 cent in x 26.6497 cent in x 20.7642 cent in.