Architectural parallels; Or The Progress Of Architecture In England, Through The Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries, Exhibited In A Series Of Parallel Examples, Selected From The Following Abbey Churches: Fountains. Kirkstall. Furness. Roche. Byland. Hexham. Jervaulx. Whitby. Rievaulx. Netley. Bridlington. Tintern. St. Mary's, York. Guisborough. Selby. Howden. By Edmund Sharpe, M.A., Architect, Formerly Travelling Bachelor Of Arts For The University Of Cambridge, And Scholar Of St. John's Coll.
London:: John Van Voorst, Paternoster Row., MDCCCXLVIII.
Physical Description
[4] f., [121] pl.; 556 mm.
General Note
The plates carry no numbers but are assigned numbers 1-121 in the List Of Plates.
Contents
[T.p., dedic.] - Architectural Parallels. List Of Plates (A.) (B.) - [Plates].
Responsibility Note
Most plates are signed as drawn on stone by R.J. Withers, T. Austin, E.G. Paley, Haworth Fielding or Edmund Sharpe, and as lithographed by Maclure, Macdonald & Macgregor under the direction of E. Sharpe. But some views are signed as drawn by E. Sharpe and lithographed by E.G. Paley; the first plate is signed as engraved by J.S. Heaviside; and one plate is signed as lithographed by Day & Haghe.
Each plate carries the imprint of the publisher, John Van Voorst.
The work is dedicated by Edmund Sharpe to the Earl of Derby.
References
R. Jolley, Edmund Sharpe (1809-77): a study of a Victorian architect [dissertation, Univy. Liverpool] (1966).
Summary Note
The plates show plans, elevations, sections, views, architectural details and sculpture. In the same year was published Sharpe's Supplement To "Architectural Parallels," Containing The Full-Sized Mouldings Of The ... Abbey Churches.
This was the first of several works which Sharpe published on Gothic architecture.
Binding Note
19th-century blue half morocco, blue watered-cloth-covered boards; spine lettered 'Architectural Parallels E. Sharpe' and 'R.A.'
Subject
Architecture - Architecture details - Sculpture - Churches - Abbeys - Great Britain - History - 12th century - 13th century - Gothic
Art history - Plans - Elevations - Sections - Views - Great Britain - 19th century
Pictorial works - Lithographs - Great Britain - 19th century