Jeremy Taylor. A British Museum publication. 1978 HB (brown cloth boards with gilt-lettered spine). xiiii + 244 pages. Illustrated throughout in b&w in the text. 220 x 275mm. ISBN 0714108405 Corner of dj clipped to remove price, otherwise a very good clean copy.
Covers a wide variety of buildings: cathedrals, churches, art galleries, hospitals, institutions, schools and colleges, town halls, stations, bridges, houses, the Houses of Parliament, the Metropolitan & City Police Orphanage, Blackpool Tower, National Liberal Club and over 200 other monuments and edifices.
The ordering of the medals initially seems to be curious and haphazard - but it is in order of the date of completion of the building. Some of the buildings have since been demolished, or converted into supermarkets, etc. Part 4 of the book is a section on the architects and designers. Part 5 is a section on the medallists, sculptors and publishers. There is also a good comprehensive index.
NB This is a heavy book and will attract extra postage.
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