Somerset House : the palace of England's Queens 1551-1692 / by Simon Thurley ; with contributions by Patricia Croot and Claire Gapper ; edited by Ann Saunders and Roger Cline
London; London Topographical Society, 2009. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Item #378994
ISBN: 090208755X
Series: Publication / London Topographical Society ; no. 168. Physical description: viii, 144 pages : illustrations (some color), plans, portraits ; 31 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-139) and index. Contents: Edward Seymour, patron of architecture -- The Stand before Somerset Place -- The Duke of Somerset's Somerset Place -- Elizabethan interlude -- Denmark House: palace of the first Stuart queen -- Henrietta Maria: Denmark House, France and catholicism -- Commonwealth interlude 1642-60 -- The Stuart dower house -- Decline -- Fragments of decorative plasterwork excavated at Somerset House / by Claire Gapper. Subjects: Somerset House (London, England) History.Palaces England History 16th century. Palaces England History 17th century. Architecture, Domestic England. Queens Dwellings Great Britain.
Price: €85.00