Polycrhomatic Decoration

AUDSLEY, W., & G.  POLYCHROMATIC DECORATION AS APPLIED TO BUILDINGS IN THE MEDIAEVAL STYLES.                                                    

London: Henry Sotheran, 1882. Folio. Publisher's cloth. viii, 32 pages, 36 plates, each with accompanying text leaves. First edition. [McLean, Victorian Book Design, pages 133-134].

The first authoritative English language guide to medieval design.  The authors, both Liverpool architects, wrote the book to meet the growing interest in the gothic revival.  Their designs were copied to wallpaper and stencils.  The thirty-six plates are fine chromolithographs by Firmin-Didot, Paris.  With a few ex-library stamps, not affecting the plates; spine tear repaired; else very good.

 

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