Christopher Wren was a versatile genius who could have pursued a number of brilliant careers with equal virtuosity. The man behind the public achievements was as remarkable as the monuments he created. Jardine delves deep into Wren's multifaceted imagination and discovers the unique, exacting nature of his mind. 16 page photo insert. 80 illustrations.
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Christopher Wren was a versatile genius who could have pursued a number of brilliant careers with equal virtuosity. The man behind the public achievements was as remarkable as the monuments he created. Jardine delves deep into Wren's multifaceted imagination and discovers the unique, exacting nature of his mind. 16 page photo insert. 80 illustrations.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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As New in As New jacket. Size: 8vo 8"-9" tall; A brilliant and probing biographical account of the English architect of Saint Paul's Cathedral in London and many other houses and projects of note. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf-and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound handsomely in two-tone brown paper over boards, brown cloth-backed, and with sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Nice long range of photographs in black-and-white and full color of some of Wren's projects and including some facsimiles of his architectural plans. xviii + 600 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo. HEAVY. xviii, 600pp, 8pp of colour photos, b/w photos, plans, bibliography, index. Or boards in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket. The author takes the reader 'deep into Wren's muti-faceted imagination and discovers the unique, exacting nature ofhis mind. Through the prism of Wren's intellect she unfolds the vibrant, extraordinary emerging new world of late-17th-century science and ideas'.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Biography. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Clean and tight and square. Sharp corners. Appears unread. Just a little wrinkle at the ends of the spine. The dust jacket has just a little shelfwear and is in new mylar.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by author. Inscribed/signed by author. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 624 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.
