Venice: The City and Its Architecture de Goy, Richard - 1997

Phaidon Press Limited. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Phaidon Press, 1997-11-09. hardcover. Very Good++/Very Good++. 10x1x11. Fine condition pages all very clean tight and bright. Appears unread. Cover is clean and strong. DJ is in VG++ condition with very light shelf wear

Phaidon Press, 1997-11-09. hardcover. Like New. 10x1x12. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Gift inscription on fep. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

London: Phaeton Press Limited, 1997. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 10x1x12. First edition. Owner bookplate on front endpaper. 1997 Large Hardcover. 320 pp. An illustrated survey of the architecture and urban development of Venice. Goy's work includes sections on some of the best-known buildings, including the Basilica of San Marco, the Palazzo Ducale and the Rialto bridge, providing an introduction to the historical background of the city. The author examines the the way in which Venice's unusual topography has influenced the form and type of the city's buildings - discussing important building types such as churches and palaces and examining the middle-class and working-class districts of the city. The buildings are set in historical context with photographs and paintings and prints by some of the artists who have recorded the city from Carpaccio and Bellini to Ruskin. This text traces the origins of the city, from the end of the Roman Empire when it… Leer más

Phaidon Press, 1997. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 320 Pp, Blue Cloth. First Edition Stated. Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket. "Phaidon Copy" Stamp On Half Title Page.

London: Phaidon, 1997. Hardcover. Near fine/very good +. 10 x 12 in. Paper boards. Condition is NEAR FINE ; like near new on all points. Text spotless. DJ is VERY GOOD+ ; like near new, a touch sunned at spine.Extra shipping may apply. Arch. Stax.

London: Phaidon, 1997. hardcover. fine/near fine. Beautifully and extensively illustrated with photographs in both color and black and white, folding map at rear of book. 312 pages. Large 4to, blue cloth, d.w. London: Phaidon, (1997). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.<br/> <br/>

London : Phaidon, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 320 p. : ill (some col.), col. maps, col. ports, plans (some col.) ; 30 cm. Subjects: Architecture Italy Venice; Venice (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc.

London : Phaidon, 1997. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 320 pp., illustrations (some color), 1 map, 30 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-315) and index. Contents; Origins -- Land and water : the form of the city -- Constructing a city : materials, craftsmen and techniques -- Piazza San Marco : the heart of the empire -- The Arsenale : trading power and naval supremacy -- The ghetto : a world apart -- Railto : the marketplace of Europe -- Palaces of power and prestige : the institutional hub -- The Venetian church : two traditions, east and west -- Social orders : scuole grandi and piccole -- Social orders II : paupers and patricians -- The Venetian palace : history of a typology -- Post-imperial buildings for the modern era -- Postscript. Subjects; Architecture Italy Venice. Buildings. Construction.

Phaidon Press, 1997-11-09. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!