The Complete Works Of Sir John Vanbrugh (Four-Volume Set)
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Author: Sir John Vanbrugh
Binding: Hardback
Published: The Nonesuch Press, 1927
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Number 839 of 1300 copies. Faded and dull spines. Bumping on corners. Internally sound.
This four-volume set presents the full literary and architectural output of Sir John Vanbrugh, a commanding figure in English Restoration drama and Baroque design. Edited by Bonamy Dobree and Geoffrey Webb, the collection assembles Vanbrugh’s complete plays, correspondence, and architectural writings, including his pivotal contributions to Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard. The editors contextualize Vanbrugh’s theatrical innovations and satirical voice within the shifting political and cultural landscape of early eighteenth-century Britain. Each volume combines scholarly apparatus with elegant typography and layout, characteristic of the Nonesuch Press’s finest productions. The set stands as a cornerstone for collectors of Restoration literature and architectural history.
Author: Sir John Vanbrugh
Binding: Hardback
Published: The Nonesuch Press, 1927
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Number 839 of 1300 copies. Faded and dull spines. Bumping on corners. Internally sound.
This four-volume set presents the full literary and architectural output of Sir John Vanbrugh, a commanding figure in English Restoration drama and Baroque design. Edited by Bonamy Dobree and Geoffrey Webb, the collection assembles Vanbrugh’s complete plays, correspondence, and architectural writings, including his pivotal contributions to Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard. The editors contextualize Vanbrugh’s theatrical innovations and satirical voice within the shifting political and cultural landscape of early eighteenth-century Britain. Each volume combines scholarly apparatus with elegant typography and layout, characteristic of the Nonesuch Press’s finest productions. The set stands as a cornerstone for collectors of Restoration literature and architectural history.