Contrasts; Or, A Parallel Between The Noble Edifices Of The Fourteenth And Fifteenth Centuries, And Similar Buildings Of The Present Day; Shewing The Present Decay Of Taste: Accompanied by appropriate Text. By A. Welby Pugin, Architect.
London: Printed For The Author, And Published By Him, At St. Marie's Grange, Near Salisbury, Wilts., M.DCCC.XXXVI
Physical Description
iv, 50 p., [2] etched title-plates, [14] etched plates; 285 mm.
General Note
The title-page is printed in red and black. The printer's imprint appears on the verso of the title-page, 'London: Printed By James Moyes, Castle Street, Leicester Square.'
The first etched title-plate, 'Contrasts Drawn & Etched By. A W. Pugin Selections From The Works Of Various Celebrated British Architects'; the second etched title-plate in red and black with the lettering framed by an elaborate Gothic altarpiece, 'Contracts or a parrallel [sic] between the architecture of the 15& & 19& centuries by A W Pugin'.
Binding Note
Lettered in gold on the spine, 'A.W. Pugin's Contrasts'.