Architects, books & libraries
Subtitle: a collection of essays published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name
By: Dianna Beaufort ... [et al.] ; edited and with prologue by Pierre de la Ruffinière du Prey.
Contributors: Du Prey, Pierre de la Ruffinière.; Agnes Etherington Art Centre.
Publisher: Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Kingston, Ontario
Language: eng
Number of pages: 46
Subjects: Douglas Library. Special Collections.; Architectural writing.; Architecture -- Early works to 1800.; Libraries -- Ontario -- Kingston -- Special collections -- Architecture.
Other titles: Architects, books, and libraries
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Published in conjunction with an exhibition held 2 March-15 May 1995 at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: the Queen's architectural rare book collection / Pierre de la Ruffinière du Prey; title: Lord Burlington, Palladio's I quattro libri dell'architettura, and the interrelation of text and image / Sandra Richards; title: Architects, travellers and the revival of the early Christian basilica / Samantha Mussells; title: Re-reading Wren's mind in light of the bookish evidence / Jonathan Bikker; title: Hawksmoor & Gibbs : pleas in print and the authorship of a library / Dianna Beaufort; title: The education of an amateur architect in eighteenth century England delineated and explained through two books from the library of Stephen Riou / Nicola Spasoff; title: A French source for Christ Church, Montreal in William Berczy's personal library / Kate McCartney.