The Life, Work, and Influence of Sir Christopher Wren : An Essay

Printed for private circulation, Liverpool, first edition, 1897. Limited edition of 200 numbered copies. Cloth-backed boards, cover-titles and device, folio, 36 cm. ix, [7], 52 pp, 10 plates : ills, plans. With a half-title and a list of 103 subscribers. Contents: Part L The Life of Wren. His appearance and early years. University career and scientific attainments. Appointed assistant to Sir John Denham. His first Commission. Restoration of Old S. Paul's. Trip to France. The Fire of London. Plan for re-building London. Designs for St. Paul's. One Accepted. Sources of Income. Sheldonian Theatre. Greenwich Hospital. Chelsea Hospital. Temple Bar. The Monument. Wren Married and Knighted. Designs never Executed. Windsor Mausoleum. Winchester Palace. Whitehall Palace. Hampton Court. Treaty of Ryswick. Westminster Abbey. Troubles at S. Paul's. Wren's Salary Suspended. Dismissal from Office. Retirement and Death. Part II. The Work of Wren. Chronological Lists of the Works of Sir Christopher Wren. Characteristics of the Early Renaissance. His Work as Influenced by the Times. His Genius. The Construction of S. Paul's. The City Churches. A General Classification according to Plan. Towers and Steeples. Interiors. Fittings. Galleries and Pews. Palatial and Domestic Work. Use of the Orders. PART III. The Influence of Wren. Chronological Lists of the Successors of Sir Christopher Wren, with their chief works. Characteristics of his Successors. Influence felt immediately. Nicholas Hawksmoor. Sir John Vanbntgh. James Gibbs. Influence diminishes correiatively to lapse of time. Sir William Chambers. Our own eclectic times. Copy No. 44. Covers browned and heavily duststained, a little rubbed and with slight wear at corners, contents Good. Inscribed "With the author's compliments" on the front free endpaper.