The country houses of Sir John Vanbrugh
2008, First Edition. London : Aurum. Fine cloth copy in a very good dust wrapper, with a small scuff to the lower edge and now housed in a mylar sleeve. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #477027
Physical description; 176 pages : colour illustrations, maps, plans ; 32 cm. Notes; "From the archives of Country life." Includes bibliographical references (page 174) and index. Contents; Vanbrugh's first great house : Castle Howard, Yorkshire – A duke's palace in the Roman spirit : Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire – Vanbrugh's enchanted castles : Kimbolton Castle, Cambridgeshire ; Kings Weston, Gloucestershire ; Vanbrugh Castle, Greenwich, London ; Lumley Castle, Co. Durham – Vanbrugh's last great houses : Seaton Delaval Hall, Northumberland ; Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire – Vanbrugh and the country house landscape – Vanbrugh today. Subjects; Vanbrugh, John (1664-1726) – Criticism and interpretation. Country homes – Great Britain – Pictorial works. Architecture, Domestic – Great Britain – Pictorial works. Architecture, Baroque – Great Britain.
Price: €75.00