An attempt to discriminate the styles of English architecture, from the conquest to the reformation : preceded by a sketch of the Grecian and Roman orders : with notices of nearly five hundred English buildings / by Thomas Rickman.
Published / Created:
London : Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, [1817].
Physical Description:
iv, 146 p., [14] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsNA963 .R32 1817 Copy 1Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionRare Books and ManuscriptsNA963 .R32 1817 Copy 2Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionRare Books and ManuscriptsNA961 .S29 1805 Copy 3Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:3501769
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engravings by William Radclyffe; after Thomas Rickman.Printed by J. and J. Smith, Printer, Liverpool"The text is a slightly enlarged version of Rickman's essay on architecture published in volume I of James Smith's The panorama of science and art (Liverpool, 1815 ...)."--British Architectural Library.Plates dated 1817.British Architectural Library. Early printed books, 1478-1840, 2764BAC: British Art Center has three copies. Copy 1 is bound in original blue boards. Inscribed: "Respectfully presented to the acceptance of Sir James Hall [or Hale] Bart. Prest. Royal Society of Edinburgh by the author, 1817. Copy 2 is bound in original drab boards. Inscribed on the front cover: "To C. Blundell Esq. from the author." Copy 3 is an offprint: p. 125-181 and bound with Hints on architecture / F. Sayers. [Norwich] : [Steenson and Matchett], [1805]. Extra illustrated with pen and ink drawings, laid in. Title page, list of plates, and contents in manuscript. Plates are pen and ink drawings. P. 181 mounted to page.BAC: Enumeration of building illustrating the principles of English architecture: p. 121-146.
Subject Terms:
Architecture, Medieval -- Great Britain. | Architecture, Renaissance -- Great Britain. | Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown -- Publisher. | J. and J. Smith -- Printer. | Hall, James, Sir -- Pres. inscription from Thomas Rickman. | Blundell, C. -- Pres. inscription from Thomas Rickman. | Rickman, Thomas, 1776–1841 -- Pres. to Sir James Hall. | Rickman, Thomas, 1776–1841 -- Pres. inscription to C. Blundell.
Form/Genre:
Engravings -- 1817.
Contributors:
Radclyffe, William, 1780–1855, engraver. | Rickman, Thomas, 1776–1841, ill.
