Mission: The History and Architecture of the Missions of North America
by Kennedy, Roger G
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG (Warmly inscribed by author, both on tp and on separate note.)
- ISBN 10
- 0395634164
- ISBN 13
- 9780395634165
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993. Hardcover. VG (Warmly inscribed by author, both on tp and on separate note.). Salmon-colored cloth, gilt letters on spine, white & color illus. dust jacket, 225 pp., profusely illus., chiefly in color. Discusses "the religious context of the mission-building period and goes on to draw vivid historical portraits of the participants, both European and American. Kennedy describes the specific archtiectural features -- domes, cloisters, ribats -- that resulted from the merging of cultural forces." (dj) A visual feast.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 138421
- Title
- Mission: The History and Architecture of the Missions of North America
- Author
- Kennedy, Roger G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG (Warmly inscribed by author, both on tp and on separate note.)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0395634164
- ISBN 13
- 9780395634165
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- American Architecture ; Spanish Missions ; ;
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