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Pevsner Nikolaus

The Buildings of England. Cornwall. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIRST PEVSNER

Penguin, 1951

32.20 €

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(Devon, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1951
Author
Pevsner Nikolaus
Publishers
Penguin
Keyword
topography, cornwall, architecture, pevsner, nikolaus pevsner, buildings of england
Languages
English

Description

8vo., First Edition, with double-page map as frontispiece, 91 plates on 64 and numerous illustrations in the text; original printed wrappers, backstrip lightly sunned else a very good, unusually clean copy. THE FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST WORK IN PEVSNER'S MONUMENTAL SERIES. Published as Penguin BE1, this unassuming volume marked the beginning of the most important architectural survey of the twentieth century. The work was originally published without a dustwrapper which first appeared with later issues of 1952-3. BE1; Cherry PC1. PJ1.