Trinity Hospital

ASHBEE, C.R.  THE TRINITY HOSPITAL IN MILE END.

London: The Guild & School of Handicraft, Essex House, 1896. Folio. Publisher's wrappers. 36 pages, 13 plates, several of which are folding, 1 photogravure in the text. First edition.

With text by Ashbee on the importance of saving the seventeenth century hospital from demolition.  The book is illustrated with elevations, a bird's eye view of the area, a large folding map of the grounds, measured drawings of architectural details, and a folding, colored illustration of details from the stained-glass window.  Ashbee's efforts were successful and the hospital was saved.  A fine copy of an early and most uncommon Ashbee title.

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