Hagia Sophia.
by [HAGIA SOPHIA]. SWIFT, Emerson Howland
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About This Item
New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 1940. Folio. xvii, [1], 265, [1] pp. Title in red & black, Frontisp., 46 plates, 34 text illustrations, diagrams, photos. Red cloth, gilt lettering & illustration on front cover, gilt lettering on spine (minor bumping to lower two corners, minor rubbing), still a VG- copy, from the library of William McDonald, Jr. (1921-2010), noted historian of Classical Roman architecture and art, w/ ownership markings on front pastedown, as well as a series of corrections in pencil by MacDonald in the margins. First edition of this excellent work on the famed Hagia Sophia, including a history of the Great Church, description, principles of design, structure, decoration, and specific interior & exterior details by level.
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- Bookseller
- Zephyr Used & Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46742
- Title
- Hagia Sophia.
- Author
- [HAGIA SOPHIA]. SWIFT, Emerson Howland
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Columbia Univ. Press,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1940.
- Keywords
- Hagia Sophia, Churches, Church, Cathedral, Mosque, Mosques, Islam, Byzantine Empire, Roman Empire, Roman History, Justinian, Architecture, Design, Religion, Ottoman Empire, Constantinople, Istanbul, Christianity, Engineering, Liturgy
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