Buy this book on-line Latrobe , Benjamin Henry & Edited By Edward C. Carter II : THE VIRGINIA JOURNALS OF BENJAMIN HENRY LATROBE , 1795 - 1798 : Parts 1&2Yale University Press, 1977
1st.Edition,1977 Hardcover in the dust jacket , two volume set with 575 total page . The English - born architect of the United States Capitol under Jefferson , Madison, and Monroe, Benjamin Henry Latrobe ( 1764 - 1820 ) set a bold stamp on 19th. century America architecture with such work as the Bank of Pennsylvania and the Baltimore Cathedral. A pioneering engineer as well , he designed the nation's first camprehensive steam-powered waterworks in Philadelphia. The first two volumes in the series , these gorgeously produced books comprise 11 journals written between 1975, when Latrobe arrived in America, and 1798. They are supplemented with selections from his sketchbooks and correspondence, and his "Essay on Landscape," and illustrated guide to elementary watercolor ( reproduced in color ). Condition : New and still in the publisher shink wrap. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book. Book Condition: New. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: New Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Latrobe , Benjamin Henry & Edited By Edward C. Carter II : THE VIRGINIA JOURNALS OF BENJAMIN HENRY LATROBE , 1795 - 1798 : Parts 1&2. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres d'occasion, livres illustrées, livres rares, out-of-print books and livres anciens. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |