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Muthesius, Hermann.
The English House. Volume I: Development [with] Volume II : Layout and Construction [and] Volume III: The Interior [Three volume boxed set].
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Ltd, London;
Date of Publication: 2007
Stock Code: 11889
First complete English edition. Folio, pp. xxix, [1],220; [8], 239, [1]; [8], 240, xxvi Index. 208 illustrations and figures throughout text in Volume I. 256 illustrations and figures throughout text to Volume II. 298 illustrations and figures throughout text to Volume III. Publishers’ taupe cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spine and upper board in matching green pictorial dust-jackets. Housed together in printed paper-covered slipcase with foliate design and red titles. Clean and bright with no annotation or inscriptions. A near fine set. Seminal work, originally published in German in 1904-5 and only fully translated into English for this facsimile edition edited and introduced by Dennis Sharp. Muthesius was a cultural attache to the German Embassy in London during a transitional period for arts and architecture; his work covers the development of the English house during the period 1860-1900 including insights into planning, layout and social conditions, as well as an analysis of interiors, furniture and garden planning. Well illustrated throughout with monochrome photographs, architectural details, plans, drawings, images of furniture, fixtures and fittings. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery.

£300.00