Transactions of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Vol. I. Part II.
Royal Institute of British Architects
Category
Books
Date
1842
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3160632
Summary
Bibliographic description
xvi,191, [1]p., :. ill., ;. 30cm. Contents: On the construction of the vaults of the Middle ages / R. Willis--On the contemporary styles of Gothic architecture in England and France / Ambrose Poynter--On the characteristic interpenetrations of the flamboyant style / R.Willis--History of Greco-Russian ecclesiastical architecture / Herr Hallmann--Report of the committee appointed to examine the Elgin marbles--Some particulars respecting the cost of certain public buildings / Herr Beuth--Observations on the heights of entablatures / Joseph Gwilt--Lithology, or observations on stone used for building / C.H.Smith--On warming and ventilating the long room of the Custom House, London, upon Dr. Arnott's principle / Charles Fowler--Report on the construction of the stone arch between the west towers of Lincoln Cathedral / W.A. Nicholson--A suggestion referring to the stone arch at Lincoln Cathedral / J.B. Papworth. Provenance: Gardner Wilkinson Library. Binding: Nineteenth-century publisher's plum cloth, device in gilt on front board
Makers and roles
Royal Institute of British Architects , publisher Ambrose Poynter I (1796-1886) Robert Willis (1800 - 1875)