The Principles Of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture - With An Explanation Of Technical Terms And A Centenary Of Ancient Terms - Volume 1

by Matthew Holbeche Bloxam

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

342 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Grace Harwood · Rating 1 out of 5]

I didn't like this book at all - but that's not to say that it's a bad book - rather, I think that it's just not for me. I can't complain really as it was free on Kindle, but I found that it was dull, dull, dull and really hard to read. In fact, I confess, I didn't finish it. However, if architecture (gothic or otherwise) is your bag, then you might like this. I was hoping for a little elucidation about Gothic architecture and perhaps some insight I might be able to use in a later essay on Gothic literature - I didn't find anything to help me out, but that's not the book's fault. I was just looking in the wrong place. This book isn't claiming to be anything it isn't (the clue is in the title after all!) I just didn't like it myself.

[Chris Spreckley]

Wonderfully written book by a man that was obviously passionate about the subject of Architecture in the early 19th century.
His description is as a written narrative and is all the better for it.

More to follow on completion of reading..................