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The town of Cambridge as it ought to be Reformed. The plan of Nicholas Hawksmoor interpreted in an essay by David Roberts and a set of eight drawings by Gordon Cullen.
1955160479Cambridge Universtiy Press 1955. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Cullen Gordon. Book is in excellent condition as new. Binding is solid and square covers have sharp corners exterior shows no blemishes text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind save gift inscription at front. Elaborately marbled paper covers with 1/4 green cloth gilt building in the middle of a round of oxblood in the middle of the marbling. 1/500 copies printed ""for presentation by the University Printer to friend in printing and publishing."" 36 pages in oblong format with full page b&w illustrations throughout. Very pretty. Scholarly interpretation of Nicholas Hawksmoor's eighteenth-century proposals for reforming and rebuilding Cambridge analyzing the Baroque architect's unrealized urban planning scheme and architectural vision for transforming the university town through a series of monumental civic improvements and academic buildings. Keywords: Urban Planning Georgian Architecture Baroque Design Unrealized Schemes University Town 18th Century Architectural Drawings Academic Buildings Wren Office English Baroque City Improvement Historical Analysis Cambridge Universtiy Press hardcover
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