Architecture.- Hawksmoor (Nicholas) Architectural Designs for All Souls College, Oxford, with an additional 1702 engraving of St.Paul's loosely inserted, [Oxford], [1960].
Architecture.- Hawksmoor (Nicholas) Architectural Designs for All Souls College, Oxford, 6 engraved plates, without the accompanying booklet but with a large engraving of South Prospect of St.Paul's by Will.Emmett loosely inserted (on laid paper, c.480 x 700mm., creases from folds, light spotting, T.Bowles, 1702), plates loose as issued in original cloth portfolio with ties, paper label to upper cover, oblong elephant folio, [Oxford], [1960].
⁂ Kerry Downes issued his first book on Hawksmoor in 1959, and another in 1969. Until then Hawksmoor was not a highly regarded architect, being overshadowed by his masters Wren and Vanbrugh, but this changed with Downes's appraisal and the resulting recognition prevented the demolition of Christ Church, Spitalfields.
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Architecture.- Hawksmoor (Nicholas) Architectural Designs for All Souls College, Oxford, 6 engraved plates, without the accompanying booklet but with a large engraving of South Prospect of St.Paul's by Will.Emmett loosely inserted (on laid paper, c.480 x 700mm., creases from folds, light spotting, T.Bowles, 1702), plates loose as issued in original cloth portfolio with ties, paper label to upper cover, oblong elephant folio, [Oxford], [1960].
⁂ Kerry Downes issued his first book on Hawksmoor in 1959, and another in 1969. Until then Hawksmoor was not a highly regarded architect, being overshadowed by his masters Wren and Vanbrugh, but this changed with Downes's appraisal and the resulting recognition prevented the demolition of Christ Church, Spitalfields.