Memoirs of the Life and Works of Sir Christopher Wren: With a Brief View of the Progress of Architecture in England, from the Beginning of the Reign of Charles the First to the End of the Seventeenth Century

James Elmes

doi:10.1017/CBO9781316136904

James Elmes (1782–1862), the son of a builder, trained at the Royal Academy Schools as an architectural designer, but his career encompassed publishing and writing on architecture as well. A friend of Benjamin Robert Haydon and his circle, he was the first publisher (in his Annals of Fine Arts) of Keats' most famous odes. This work - the first biography of Wren - was published in 1823, and is dedicated to the President and Fellows of the Royal Society, of which Wren was a founder member in 1660. Elmes based his work on the so-called 'Parentalia', or notes on the Wren family compiled by his son (also Christopher), and privately printed by his grandson Stephen in 1750. Elmes puts Wren's life and works into the context of the intellectual ferment of Restoration England, and combines the narrative of Wren's life with an architectural commentary on his most important works.

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Frontmatter
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Frontispiece
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Colophon
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Dedication
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PREFACE
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- By James Elmes
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ERRATA
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ADDENDA
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PART I
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INTRODUCTION
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PART II - THE LIFE OF SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN
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THE LIFE OF SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN pages 3 to 259
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THE LIFE OF SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN pages 260 to 532
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APPENDIX
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No. 1 - Dedications of his newly invented Astronomical Instrument and Treatise, to his Father.
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No. 2 - Letter to Prince Charles Elector Palatine.
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No. 3 - Letter from Thomas Aylesbury†
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No. 4 - Letter to his Father concerning Dr. Scarborough, Mr. Oughtred, &c
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No. 5 - Epistle to the Rev. Mr. Oughtred
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No. 6 - On the Reformation of the Zodiac
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No. 7 - Letter written to his Father in the year 1649, and the 17th of his Age†
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No. 8 - Oratio inauguralis, habita Londini, in collegio Greshamensi, per Christophorum Wren, A. M. astronomiæ professorem electum, Ann. 1657, cetatis suœ 25
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No. 9 - First Sketch, in English, of the Inaugural Oration, delivered at Gresham College
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No. 10 - Preamble of a Charter to incorporate the Royal Society (from a first essay, and rough draught, by MR. CHRISTOPHER WREN)
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No. 11 - List of the first Members of the Royal Society, taken from Dr. Sprat's History
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No. 12
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No. 15
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No. 16 - King Charles the Second's Commission for rebuilding the cathedral church of St. Paul, London.–Dated November 12, 1673
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No. 17 - Representation of the Commissioners for rebuilding St. Paul's to the Duke of Shrewsbury
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