Rickman, Thomas, 1776-1841, An attempt to discriminate the styles of English architecture, from the conquest to the reformation , [1817]
- Title(s):
- An attempt to discriminate the styles of English architecture, from the conquest to the reformation : preceded by a sketch of the Grecian and Roman orders : with notices of nearly five hundred English buildings / by Thomas Rickman.
- Published/Created:
- London : Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, [1817].
- Physical Description:
- iv, 146 p., [14] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsNA963 .R32 1817 Copy 1Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsNA963 .R32 1817 Copy 2Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsNA961 .S29 1805 Copy 3Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3501769
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Engravings by William Radclyffe; after Thomas Rickman.
Printed by J. and J. Smith, Printer, Liverpool
"The text is a slightly enlarged version of Rickman's essay on architecture published in volume I of James Smith's The panorama of science and art (Liverpool, 1815 ...)."--British Architectural Library.
Plates dated 1817.
British Architectural Library. Early printed books, 1478-1840, 2764
BAC: British Art Center has three copies. Copy 1 is bound in original blue boards. Inscribed: "Respectfully presented to the acceptance of Sir James Hall [or Hale] Bart. Prest. Royal Society of Edinburgh by the author, 1817. Copy 2 is bound in original drab boards. Inscribed on the front cover: "To C. Blundell Esq. from the author." Copy 3 is an offprint: p. 125-181 and bound with Hints on architecture / F. Sayers. [Norwich] : [Steenson and Matchett], [1805]. Extra illustrated with pen and ink drawings, laid in. Title page, list of plates, and contents in manuscript. Plates are pen and ink drawings. P. 181 mounted to page.
BAC: Enumeration of building illustrating the principles of English architecture: p. 121-146. - Subject Terms:
- Architecture, Medieval -- Great Britain.Architecture, Renaissance -- Great Britain.Blundell, C. -- Pres. inscription from Thomas Rickman.Hall, James, Sir -- Pres. inscription from Thomas Rickman.J. and J. Smith -- Printer.Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown -- Publisher.Rickman, Thomas, 1776-1841 -- Pres. inscription to C. Blundell.Rickman, Thomas, 1776-1841 -- Pres. to Sir James Hall.
- Form/Genre:
- Engravings -- 1817.
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