Princeton Architecture: A Pictorial History of Town and Campus
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1967. Hardcover. 4to., 200 pp. First print. With index, bibliography, glossary of architectural terms. Illustrated with 194 photographs and reproductions. Because few important buildings in Princeton have ever been destroyed, the town is a museum of American architectural history dating back to colonial times. The authors compare the first simple farm structures to more elaborate Georgian style houses built in Princeton as it became a commercial link between New York and Philadelphia. They show Federal, Classical, and Romantic styles in their various combinations in the 19th century and describe the Collegiate Gothic architecture in 20th century Princeton that dominated until the late 1950s when work by architects such as Breyer and Yamasaki was begun. From the library of noted architect and writer on architecture Julius Trousdale Sadler. Near Fine with name on front pastedown in Very Good, price-clipped dust jacket that has some spine fading. Item #622202604
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