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Visual Planning and the Picturesque

Visual Planning and the Picturesque

Nikolaus Pevsner

A previously unpublished work by Nikolaus Pevsner, much of which was published as journal articles in the Architectural Review in the 1940s and 1950s during Pevsner's term as editor.
Reassessing Nikolaus Pevsner

Reassessing Nikolaus Pevsner

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5 Nikolaus Pevsner and the architectural writers of the nineteenth century Alexandrina Buchanan In 1961, in an article entitled 'The Return of Historicism in Architecture', Pevsner wrote of the growing readership of the book first published 25 ...
Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire

Sir Nikolaus Pevsner

Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius

Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius

Nikolaus Pevsner

This expanded edition of Pioneers of Modern Design provides Pevsner's original text along with significant new and updated information, enhancing Pevsner's illuminating account of the roots of Modernism.
Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire

Nikolaus Pevsner

This completely new edition reveals a county of contrasts.
Worcestershire

Worcestershire

Alan Brooks

Previous ed.: Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1968, by Nikolaus Pevsner.
Leicestershire and Rutland

Leicestershire and Rutland

Nikolaus Pevsner

Pevsner wrote that "Leicestershire is not a county of extremes" and agreed that "no other county in England surpasses Rutland for unspoiled quiet charm".
A History of Building Types

A History of Building Types

Nikolaus Pevsner

He describes twenty types of buildings ranging from the most monumental to the least, from the most ideal to the most utilitarian. More than seven hundred illustrations illuminate the text.
County Durham

County Durham

Nikolaus Pevsner

South Tyneside and northern Cleveland, historically part of County Durham, are also covered.
Derbyshire

Derbyshire

Nikolaus Pevsner

The Derbyshire Peak District makes a dramatic setting for some of England's finest buildings: the rambling medieval Haddon Hall, the great ducal seat and park at Chatsworth, and the amazing late Georgian mills at Cromford and Calver.
Academies of Art: Past and Present

Academies of Art: Past and Present

Nikolaus Pevsner

Originally published in 1940, this book charts the origins and evolution of academies of art from the sixteenth century to the first half of the twentieth century.
Nikolaus Pevsner: The Life

Nikolaus Pevsner: The Life

Susie Harries

Pembrokeshire (2.004) and Carmarthensbire and Ceredigion (2006) by the partnership of Thomas Lloyd, julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, and Gwynedd (2.009), iointly authored by Richard Haslarn, julian Orbach and Adam Voelcker.
Delphi Complete Works of Sir Thomas Malory (Illustrated):

Delphi Complete Works of Sir Thomas Malory (Illustrated):

Sir Thomas Malory

Sir Thomas Malory. there ever still hermit to his life's end. Then Sir Bors de Ganis, Sir Ector de Maris, Sir Gahalantine, Sir Galihud, Sir Galihodin, Sir Blamore, Sir Bleoberis, Sir Villiars le Valiant, Sir Clarrus of Clermont, all these knights drew ...
Semper apertus: Sechshundert Jahre ...

Semper apertus: Sechshundert Jahre ...

Otto Haxel

Nikolaus Trübner wurde aber alsbald übertroffen durch seinen Neffen Karl Ignaz Trübner, der demselben Goldschmiedehaus (Hauptstraße 139) wie Nikolaus Trübner entstammte. Er folgte seinem berühmten Onkel im Beruf nach und wurde  ...
Rothenburger Gymnasial--Matrikel, 1559 bis 1671

Rothenburger Gymnasial--Matrikel, 1559 bis 1671

Hanns Bauer

(Schülerlisten) Seyboth (Seuboth) Johann Seyboth Johann Georg Seyboth Georg Seyboth (Seibith) Nikolaus Matthias Seyboth Johann Georg Seyboth Johann Philipp v. Seyboth (en) Nikolaus Wilhelm Seyfart Johann Christian Adam Seyfried ...
Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin’s American Plants: Botanical ...

Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin’s American Plants: Botanical ...

Santiago Madriñán

In Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin’s American Plants Santiago Madriñán unearths previously unknown aspects of the Austrian botanical expedition to the Caribbean (1754–1759).
KNIGHTAGE & COMPANIONAGE

KNIGHTAGE & COMPANIONAGE

DEBRETT'S BARON ETAGE

Domyile, Sir Charles Compton William, 2nd Bart Domvile, Sir William Compton, 3rd Bart Douglas, Sir Robert, 3rd Bart. ... DrrrzE, Sir Lewis, 3rd Bart. Elton, Sir Edward ... Shockbcroii, Sir George Thomas Francis, 9th Bart. Stonhoose, Sir Henry ...
Annual Conclave

Annual Conclave

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C E. Sir Lyman Chandler Hurd, E. Sir Amasa Ogden Clapp, E. Sir Francis Granger Jaques, E. Sir John Charles Black, E. Sir Mahlon Lindley. MEMBERS.— ISaaC Albright, Edward Blackshaw, Joseph Black, Myron Stodard Brown, Jesse Burt, ...
Notes and Queries

Notes and Queries

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WREN (Sir CHRISTOPHER). See Clatton (J.), Towers and Spires of his City Churches. 1852. WREN (Sir Christopher). See Elmks (J.), Memoirs of the Life and Works of Sir C. W. 4to. 1823. WREN (Sir Christopher). See Elmes (J.), Sir ...
A Chronological Register of Both Houses of the British ...

A Chronological Register of Both Houses of the British ...

Robert Beatson

47. Devon County. 1 Sir Will. Courtenay, bt. Robert Rolle, esq. 2 Sir Will. Courtenay, bt. Robert Rolle, esq. 3 Sir Will. Pole, bt. " John Rolle, esq. Sir Will. Courtenay, bt. 4 Sir Will. Courtenay, bt. Sir Cop. W. Bampfylde, bt. 5 Sir Will. Courtenay, bt.
Sir Thomas Malory

Sir Thomas Malory

Felicity Riddy

In 1442 he may have responded to the call of his cousin Sir Philip Chetwynd, mayor of Bayonne in Gascony, ... 3 See the following articles by P.J.C. Field: 'Sir Thomas Malory, MP', BIHR, 67 (1974), 24-35; 'Sir Robert Malory, Prior of the ...
The Morte Darthur, Parts Seven and Eight

The Morte Darthur, Parts Seven and Eight

Sir Thomas Malory

Sir Thomas Malory Derek Brewer ... made great joy of the remnant that were come home, and passing glad was the king and the queen of sir Lancelot and of sir Bors, for they had been passing long away in the quest of the Sankgreall. Then ...
First Proofs of the Universal Catalogue of Books on Art: ...

First Proofs of the Universal Catalogue of Books on Art: ...

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WEEN (Sir CHRISTOPHER). See CLAYTON (J.), Towers and Spires of his City Churches. 1852. WEEN (Sir CHRISTOPHER). See ELMES (J.), Memoirs of the Life and Works of Sir C. W. 4to. 1823. WEEN (Sir CHRISTOPHER). See ELMKS ( J.) ...
The Public Health Journal

The Public Health Journal

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Martin Barrall Sir John Baton, Esq. Hon. W. J. Hanna. Hon. R.G. Brett, M.D. Sir Clifford Sifton. . , Hon. T. C. Norrla. Hon. G. H. Murray. K. R Wood, Kaq. Hon Sir B McBrlde. Hon. H. K. Flftmmiag. Hon. Sir Lomer Goatn Hon, J. D. Hasen. Hon.
Delphi Complete Works of Sir Philip Sidney (Illustrated)

Delphi Complete Works of Sir Philip Sidney (Illustrated)

Sir Philip Sidney

Sir Philip Sidney. In 1583 Sidney was knighted, and soon afterwards in the same year he married Frances, daughter of Sir Francis Walsingham. Sonnets written by him according to old fashion, and addressed to a lady in accordance with a ...
Cobbett's Political Register

Cobbett's Political Register

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And, therefore, we command you, that at a certain day and place, or at certain days and places, which you, or any two of you (of whom one of you the said Sir Nicolas Conyngham Tindal, Sir John Bernard Bosanquet, Sir William Elias Taunton, ...
Sir Thomas Malory and the Morte Darthur: A Survey of ...

Sir Thomas Malory and the Morte Darthur: A Survey of ...

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SIR THOMAS MALORY AND THE MORTE DARTHUR (Williams): 382. "Sir Thomas Malory and the 'Piteous History'": 432. "Sir Thomas Malory and the Sentiment of Glory": 437. "Sir Thomas Malory, cre"ateur verbal": 624. SIR THOMAS ...

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