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A previously unpublished work by Nikolaus Pevsner, much of which was published as journal articles in the Architectural Review in the 1940s and 1950s during Pevsner's term as editor.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

Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics

Jonathan Pevsner

This book provides up-to-the-minute coverage of the fields of bioinformatics and genomics.
The Neurobiology of Autism

The Neurobiology of Autism

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Jonathan Pevsner, Ph.D. The human genome is estimated to contain 35,000 genes (Lander et al., 2001 ). In all eukaryotic cells, the expression of a gene that encodes a protein proceeds in several steps: the gene is transcribed, the RNA ...
The Global Lincoln

The Global Lincoln

Richard Carwardine

Cleveland, Chicago, St. Louis, and Philadelphia included among their Republican “wire-pullers” men such as Nikolaus Schmitt, Jakob Müller and Georg Hillgärtner: Sperber, Rhineland Radicals, 491–92. 56. Clara Maria Lovett, Carl Schurz, ...
A Historical Phonology of English

A Historical Phonology of English

Donka Minkova

Ritt, Nikolaus (2007),'It seemedlike a good idea atthetime: why there maynot havebeen anyearly ModernEnglish shortening before dentals after all',inUte Smit, Stefan Dollinger, Julia Huettner, Gunther Kaltenboeck and Ursula Lutzky (eds), ...
Anglesey: Past Landscapes of the Coast

Anglesey: Past Landscapes of the Coast

Frances Lynch

... Anglesey Borough Council 1996 Pevsner Architectural Guides: Gwynedd: Richard Haslam, Julian Orbach and Adam Voelcker, Yale University Press, 2009 A History of Wales: JohnDavies, Allen Lane/Penguin Books, 1993 Prehistoricand  ...
The Harpsichord and Clavichord: An Encyclopedia

The Harpsichord and Clavichord: An Encyclopedia

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Elias Nikolaus JOHN PHILLIPS Berkeley. ... Connecticut Clementi, Muzio STEWART POLLENS Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York Challis, John Ferrini, Giovanni Kintzing, Christian Klemm, Johann Gottlieb Restoration Todini.
Molecular Neurobiology of the Olfactory System: Molecular, ...

Molecular Neurobiology of the Olfactory System: Molecular, ...

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Solomon H. Snyder, Pamela B. Sklar, and Jonathan Pevsner 1. INTRODUCTION The olfactory system displays a dramatically sensitive and selective recognition system for odorants. Animals can detect and discriminate thousands of odorants,  ...
Lay Bibles in Europe 1450-1800

Lay Bibles in Europe 1450-1800

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I: Leven en geschriften, Nijmegen u. a., 1936 (mehr nicht erschienen); G.H. Gerrits, Inter timorem et spem: ihm der Pastor der französischen Gemeinde zu Rotterdam Delprat in Nikolaus Staubach (Universität Münster) Gerhard Zerbolt von ...
Internet Lesbian and Gay Television Series, 1996-2014

Internet Lesbian and Gay Television Series, 1996-2014

Vincent Terrace

Carter), David Pevsner (Ross Stein), Amanda Abel (Lydia Lasker), Bruce L. Hart ( Nelson Van Eddy), Rutanya Alda (Barbara), Mo Gaffney (Jolene Sherman), Kathryn Leigh Scott (Lily Anne Carter), Thom Bierdz (Bobby Burton), Patrick Bristow ...
Zweibrücker Wochenblatt: 1856

Zweibrücker Wochenblatt: 1856

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Georg Nikolaus Lilier, Rentner. . Johann Philipp, S. v. Johann Karl Schöller, Schreiner. . Johann, S. v. Johann Eilering, Färber. . Friedrich Karl Albert, S. v. Peter Karl Schmidt, Bierbrauer. Gestorben sind im Februar 1856. Martin Breyer, 60 J. alt, ...
Nineteenth-Century Emigration from Kreis Simmern ...

Nineteenth-Century Emigration from Kreis Simmern ...

Clifford Neal Smith

WERB, Nikolaus, b 19 Jul 1851, no profession; e 1866 4. MARX, Johann Adam; e 1869 5. KLINGELS, Johann Jakob, b 12 Mar 1859; e 1875 6. PETRY, Adam, b 5 Dec 1860, baker; e 1876 7. PETRY, Johann, b 31 Mar 1856; e 1876 8.
Strafen als moralische Besserung: Eine Geschichte der ...

Strafen als moralische Besserung: Eine Geschichte der ...

Desiree Schauz

Krebs, Alfred: Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi und das Strafvollzugsproblem, in: Müller-Dietz, Heinz (Hrsg.): Alfred Krebs: Freiheitsentzug. Entwicklung von Praxis und Theorie seit der Aufklärung, Berlin 1978, S. 66–80. Krebs, Alfred Nikolaus ...

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