ESSAY ON GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE, WITH VARIOUS PLANS AND DRAWINGS FOR CHURCHES

HOPKINS, John Henry.  ESSAY ON GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE, WITH VARIOUS PLANS AND DRAWINGS FOR CHURCHES.                         

Burlington: Smith & Harrington, 1836. 4to. Publishers cloth. Lithographic title page, vi, 46 pages, 13 lithographic plates. First edition. [Hitchcock, 606].

First and only edition, rare.  The author was Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Vermont.  The designs are for church buildings in stone; in addition to decorative details there are several complete building designs, which were influential, and copied, especially in Vermont.  This copy is complete with the added lithographic title page, lacking in some copies.  A charming book with a real feel of rusticity.   This copy retains the original owner's bookplate: "George Price, if borrowed to be returned promptly."  Scattered foxing as usual due to the quality of the paper.  Preserved in cloth clam-shell box.

 

$1,850.00