Main entry:

Wren, Christopher, Sir, 1632-1723.

Title & Author:

The life and works of Sir Christopher Wren : from the Parentalia or memoirs / [compiled] by his son Christopher.

Publication:

Strand [London], England : Edward Arnold ; New York : Samuel Buckley & Co., 1903 (Campden, Gloucestershire : Essex House Press)

Description:

259, [1], viii pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, plans ; 31 cm

Notes:
Selections from Wren's writings on architecture, medicine, mathematics, astronomy, etc.
"Edited from the original edition by Ernest J. Enthoven ... The twenty-three drawings of Wren's churches are by E.H. New, & the other designs are reproduced from the 1750 edition"--Page [260].
"250 copies"--Colophon.
Includes index.
English or Latin.
Title on spine: Wren's Parentalia.
Two colophons.
"Edited ... by Ernest J. Enthoven and carried out under the supervision of C.R. Ashbee. The twenty new drawings of Wren's churches are by E.H. New, and other designs are reproduced from the 1750 edition"--1st colophon.
First published in 1750.
Limited ed. of 250 copies.
"20 woodcut illustrations of Wren churches (in addition to the plates reproduced from the original) and woodcut initials"--Dealer information.
Includes extracts from writings and correspondence of Sir Christopher Wren.
pt. 1. sec. 1. Of the works in mathematics -- pt. 1. sec. 2. Of anatomy, etc. -- pt. 1. sec. 3. A catalogue of some of the philosophical tracts, manuscript and printed -- pt. 2. Of the works in architecture.
Library copy: no. 15.
Library copy: p. 807-808 from June 30, 1911 ed. of The builder and two clipped illustrations tipped in; clipped text includes a review of the publication.
Library copy: in ms., "Alfred Moore, Hon. Secy, 'City Churches Preservation Society' 11 May 1897 to January 1907."

Subject:

Wren, Christopher, Sir, 1632-1723.
Wren, Sir Christopher, 1632-1723.
Wren (Famille)
St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England)
Architects Great Britain.
Architecture Great Britain History 17th century.
Architectes Grande-Bretagne.
Architecture Grande-Bretagne Histoire 17e siècle.
Architects.
Architecture.
Great Britain.

Form/genre:

Biographies.
Writings.
Essays.
Correspondence.
History.

Added entries:

Wren, Christopher, 1675-1747.
Enthoven, Ernest J.
Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957, former owner.
New, E. H. (Edmund Hort), 1871-1931
Wren, Christopher, Sir, 1632-1723
Ashbee, C. R. (Charles Robert), 1863-1942
Essex House Press.
Pforzheimer Bruce Rogers Collection (Library of Congress)
Provenance. Moore, Alfred. Autograph.
Autographs. Moore, Alfred.

Wren's Parentalia

Holdings:

Location: Library main 155274
Call No.: NA44.W945.9 W73 1903
Status: Available