Author: JACKSON-STOP, GERVASE. PIPKIN, JAMES
Title: The English Country house: A Grand Tour
Description: London: National Trust : Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1985. 1st Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine. very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper. now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description: 240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm. Notes: Includes index. Summary: Captures the decorative and architectural splendour of country houses all over England. Changing styles are traced and the work of architects such as Inigo Jones. Nicholas Hawksmore and Robert Adams is discussed along with the ornament contained in their creation. Originally published in 1985 by Wiedenfeld & Nicolson. Subjects: Country homes — England. Manors — Interior architecture — Decoration and ornament — History. National Trust (Great Britain.) Genre: Illustrated. ISBN: 0297786806. Weight in Kg appr.:

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