London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1971. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Grey hardcover with title in gilt on front cover and spine. Condition: Good, with previous owners bookplate on front endpaper and an inscription dated 2013, possibly from the author to the previous owner (a former curator of Dorset County Museum in Dorchester) on front endpaper. Dustjacket condition: Good, with light shelfwear.and a couple of small repaired tears around top of spine of jacket. Not price-clipped. 526pp. 25 colour and 392 b/w illustrations. This was the first biography of William Butterfield (1814-1900). Butterfield was the pioneer of the original High Victorian phase of the Gothic Revival, and the first Victorian architect to experiment with constructional colour. The book seeks, through a combined discussion of Butterfield's personality, his style, and the social situation within which he worked, to reach a new understanding not merely of Butterfield, but of the whole significance of High Victorian architecture..

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Bookseller: Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 008095
Title: William Butterfield
Author: Thompson, Paul
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN 10: 0710069308
ISBN 13: 9780710069306
Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1971
Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Keywords: william butterfield, gothic revival
Bookseller catalogs: Architecture (19th and 20th Century);

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