Pennethorne john (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). Slim 8vo. 61pp. Paper-covered boards lettered in black at the spine. A fine copy in price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly toned and soiled at the spine panel, fractionally chafed at several extremities, and with a little internal reinforcement. "He was much loved by an intimate few, and much liked by very many. He seemed Lonely" - from Betjeman's recollection.…

Zustand: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original taupe paper covered boards, black title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8¾'' x 5½''. Contains 61 printed pages of text. Lower spine end creased. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with shallow nicks to the upper spine end, a little sun fading to the spine, not price clipped 25s. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 212983628 POETRY, VERSE & RHYMES.…

New Half Morocco. Zustand: Very Good. 2 ff. xvi, 249 p., 55 lithographed plates. Original gold embossed green cloth slightly soiled, small repair to the half title, otherwise a sound coy of a scarce classic, beautifully rebound. A rare book published by the author in a limited number. The first thesis to reveal the use of curvature in ancient architecture. Pennethorne (1808-1889) was a nephew of John Nash and brother of Sir James Pennethorne, Architect to the Office of Works. The plates were drawn by John Robinson.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. xvi, 249 p., interspersed with plates. 57 cm. 55 lithographed plates, some in colour. New half leather with original pebbled cloth. Boards are rubbed and scuffed. New endpapers. Repair to top edge of half title. Thumbing. John Pennethorne (1808-1889) was a nephew of John Nash and brother of Sir James Pennethorne, Architect to the Office of Works. The author toured Paris, Milan, Florence, Venice, Rome, Sicily, Athens, and Thebes to complete this study of ancient architecture, the main theme of which is the use of subtle curvature in Greek architecture. Extensive study allowed Pennethorne to conclude: that the colouring and ornamentation of Greek temples, as well as some aspects of their geometry, derived ultimately from Egypt; second, that there was no foundation for the conventional belief that Greek architectural design was absolutely rectilinear; third, that Greek temples were designed to be seen from certain points of view. Not all his beliefs have been accepted by later scholars. But his careful research, embodied in this book, made an important contribution to the understanding of the architecture of ancient Greece and of the importance of mathematics in determining architectural proportion.…