The Architectural History of the University of Cambridge and of the Colleges of Cambridge and Eton 2 Part Paperback Set
The Architectural History of the University of Cambridge and of the Colleges of Cambridge and Eton 2 Part Paperback Set
£70.00
GBPRobert Willis' monumental architectural history of the University of Cambridge, first published in 1886 in a revised and extended edition by his nephew J. W. Clark, was hailed as 'one of the most important contributions to the social and intellectual history of England which has ever been made by a Cambridge man.' These fully illustrated volumes are here reprinted in their entirety, with a modern introduction by Professor David Watkin. Although Willis and Clark has always been recognised by those interested generally in the conservation of buildings and in the historic development of architectural style and taste, its unique collection of over three hundred plans, antique and specially commissioned engravings is alone sufficient to make this an indispensable work of reference on Cambridge architecture before the onset of the modern age.
Product details
September 2009Multiple copy pack
9780521136020
756 pages
229 × 152 × 29 mm
0.8kg
Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
- Part I. University Buildings:
- 1. Schools, library, senate-house
- 2. Printing-house, museums and lecture rooms for natural science, observatory, Fitzwilliam museum and Selwyn Divinity School
- Part II. Essays on component parts of a college:
- 1. The Collegiate plan
- 2. The gateway
- 3. The chambers and studies
- 4. The master's lodge
- 5. The hall, the kitchen etc
- 6. The combination room
- 7. The library
- 8. The treasury or muniment room
- 9. The Chapel
- 10. The style of collegiate buildings: as modified by the revival of classical architecture and by the influence of individual architects
- 11. The tennis-court, the bowling green, the garden etc.
