Brick and Marble in the Middle Ages: Notes of Tours in the North of Italy

B R I C K A N D M A R B L E IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
Uniform with the present Volume.
THE GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE OF SPAIN: from Personal Observations made during several Journeys. By G. E. STREET, R.A. Second Edition, with 100 Illustrations. Medium 8vo, 30 s
“Mr. Street has opened a new vein of architectural interest. Every part of this work presents evidence of the labour and deep interest with which he pursued his investigations, and the result is one of the most curious and valuable architectural works which we have received for some time.”— Guardian.
“A valuable contribution to the history of Gothic architecture. It will form a useful addition to the few books with which a traveller may profitably equip himself for the Peninsula. With the exception of the great work of Villa-Amil and Escosura, we have no publication which throws so much light on the architectural monuments of Spain—especially on those of the earlier Christian period.”— Edinburgh Review.



Notes of Tours in the North of Italy.
To the Memory OF THE RIGHT REV. SAMUEL WILBERFORCE, LORD BISHOP OF WINCHESTER, ETC. ETC., IN TOKEN OF THE AUTHOR’S MOST SINCERE AFFECTION, AND IN GRATITUDE FOR NUMBERLESS BENEFITS RECEIVED FROM HIM, THIS VOLUME, ORIGINALLY DEDICATED TO HIM IN 1855, IS NOW INSCRIBED.
THE First Edition of this volume has been so long out of print that I had almost ceased to regard myself as responsible for all that it contains. It was the rapid and fresh summary of a happy journey undertaken in the early years of my artistic career. There were, I knew, many details in which it could easily be improved, and many journeys taken over the same ground might have enabled me to go far more into detail than I was able to do when I published it. I find, however, on reading again what I wrote so long ago, that age and greater knowledge of the subject have generally confirmed my old ideas, and that, as far as regards the principles of my book, I still believe them to be true and just. In revising what I wrote, however, I have found myself obliged to make many alterations and additions, sometimes in relation to towns not visited on my first journey, sometimes in reference to buildings either not described at all or at best insufficiently described before. In doing this I have endeavoured not to increase too much the bulk of the volume, and as far as possible not to interfere with the general character or tone of its contents, though in the process of revision the larger portion of the book has had to be re-written.