STUDIES IN MERCANTILE ARCHITECTVRE

OGDEN, William Sharp.  STUDIES IN MERCANTILE ARCHITECTVRE.

London: The Author, 1876. Folio. Publisher's green pebble grain cloth. (iv) pages, 50 plates. First edition.

Scarce book with only three copies recorded by OCLC in American libraries.  Ogden was a Manchester architect specializing in warehouse design.  The fifty frontal elevations shown here blend muscular gothic and debased classical forms with fantastic motifs reminiscent of the wilder excesses of Christopher Dresser.  Minor rubbing and wear to boards and along edges, else very good. 

 

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