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.
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)