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.
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.

Subject:

Wren, Christopher, Sir, 1632-1723.
Wren, Sir Christopher, 1632-1723.
Wren (Famille)
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.
Essex House Press.
Pforzheimer Bruce Rogers Collection (Library of Congress)

Wren's Parentalia

Holdings:

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