A visit to the domed churches of Charente, France, by the Architectural Association of London, in the year 1875 : published as a memorial to Edmund Sharpe : with an historical and descriptive text.
[London] :: Printed by Buck & Wootton,, [ca. 1880]
Physical Description
xiv, 48 p., 60 leaves of plates (2 double) : ill., map, plans. ; 32 cm.
General Note
"Memoir": p. i-v.
Bibliography Note
"List of Mr. Sharpe's publications": p. [vii]-xiv.
Provenance
Purchased for the RA Library in 1882.
With a carte-de-visite photograph of Edmund Sharpe attached to the front pastedown.
Binding Note
19th-century green morocco, gilt-blocked panel decoration, upper cover lettered in gilt 'CHARENTE' and '1875' above and below central red morocco onlay reading 'IN MEMORY / · OF · / EDMUND / SHARPE.'; lower cover stamped with gilt insignia and motto of the Architectural Association ('Design with Beauty / Build with Truth'); red morocco spine-labels lettered 'CHARENTE' and 'SHARPE' between raised bands; top-edge gilt; maroon floral decorated endpapers.