Examples of Gothic architecture; . selected from various antient edifices in England: consisting of plans, elevations, sections, and parts at large; calculated to exemplify the various styles, and the practical construction of this admired class of architecture: accompanied by historical and descriptive accounts.
Augustus Charles Pugin (Normandy c.1762 - England 1832)
Category
Books
Date
1838 - 1840
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3027729.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.2. . ill.., plans . 4to. Previous shelfmark: C.10.2. Christies, 21 June, 2004, lot 537.. Provenance: Bookplate: Chirk Castle R. E. Myddelton [i.e. Robert Edward Myddelton (1866-1949)]; crest, signed and dated: W.P.B. 1914. It is possible that Pugin himself gave this copy to Robert Myddelton Biddulph (1805-1872) who commissioned him to redesign important features of Chirk Castle from 1845 up until his death in 1852.. Binding: Russet half morocco binding, stamped in gilt on turn-in: 'Bumpus Ltd. Oxford St. W'. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Augustus Charles Pugin (Normandy c.1762 - England 1832) Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (London 1812 - Ramsgate 1852) Thomas Larkins Walker (c.1811 - 1860) Edward James Willson (1787 - 1854)