A treatise on the rise and progress of decorated window tracery in England. Illustrated with ninety-seven woodcuts and six engravings on steel. By Edmund Sharpe, M.A., Architect.

Edmund Sharpe

RA Collection: Book

Record number

12/3682

Author

Imprint

London: John Van Voorst, Paternoster Row, M.DCCC.XLIX

Physical Description

2 vols.; 227 mm.

General Note

Vol. I half-title, 'Decorated Windows.'. Vol. II half-title, 'Decorated Windows. (Plates).' Vol. II accompanies 'A treatise on the rise and progress of decorated window tracery in England' as second volume and has on title-page 'Decorated windows. A series of illustrations of the window tracery of the decorated style of ecclesiastical architecture'.
Printer statement at bottom of last page of each volume: 'London: Printed by S. & J. Bentley and Henry Flay, Bangor House, Shhoe Lane.'

Provenance

Vol. I front paste-down signed in ink: 'Henry Daveney / Colton Rectory'. Vol. II front paste-down has owner's label signed in ink: 'Henry Daveney / Colton Rectory'.

Binding Note

Vol. I spine lettered: 'Decorated Windows / E Sharpe MA / Text'. Vol. II spine lettered: 'Decorated Windows / E Sharpe MA / Plates'.

Subject

Windows — England


Architecture, Gothic — England
Church architecture — Details
Tracery (Architecture)

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