Main entry:

Beaufort, Dianna.

Title & Author:

Architects, books & libraries : a collection of essays published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name / Dianna Beaufort [and others] ; edited and with prologue by Pierre de la Ruffinière du Prey.

Publication:

Kingston, Ontario : Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, ©1995.

Description:

x, 46 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Notes:
Published in conjunction with an exhibition held 2 March-15 May 1995 at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.
Includes bibliographical references.
Prologue: the Queen's architectural rare book collection / Pierre de la Ruffinière du Prey -- Lord Burlington, Palladio's I quattro libri dell'architettura, and the interrelation of text and image / Sandra Richards -- Architects, travellers and the revival of the early Christian basilica / Samantha Mussells -- Re-reading Wren's mind in light of the bookish evidence / Jonathan Bikker -- Hawksmoor & Gibbs : pleas in print and the authorship of a library / Dianna Beaufort -- The education of an amateur architect in eighteenth century England delineated and explained through two books from the library of Stephen Riou / Nicola Spasoff -- A French source for Christ Church, Montreal in William Berczy's personal library / Kate McCartney.

ISBN:

088911692X
9780889116924

Subject:

Douglas Library. Special Collections.
Architectural writing.
Architecture Early works to 1800.
Libraries Special collections Architecture.
Architecture Art d'écrire.
Bibliothèques Fonds spéciaux Architecture.
Architecture.
Arkitektur och litteratur.
Ontario Kingston.

Form/genre:

Essays.
Early works.

Added entries:

Du Prey, Pierre de la Ruffinière.
Agnes Etherington Art Centre.

Architects, books, and libraries

Holdings:

Location: Library main 119930
Call No.: ID:95-B1955
Status: Available

Location: Library main 119929
Call No.: ID:95-B1955
Status: Available