and the Woodwork of his Age 1648-1720
By H. AVRAY TIPPING, M.A., F.S.A.
Large folio, containing 250 magnificent illustrations, including measured drawings, quarter bound in buckram, gilt, £1 11s. 3d. net; half-bound in morocco, £2 3s. 9d. net; by post, 10d. extra.
The Author's profound knowledge of the period and his intimate acquaintance with the art of Gibbons in all its manifestations give an unquestioned authority to a volume which, for the first time, gathers together a superb body of illustrations and detailed descriptions of all his best work.
"The proprietors of Country Life are rendering admirable service with their series of Architectural Monographs. In writing a life of Gibbons, Mr. Avray Tipping had by no means an easy task, but with painstaking care he has collected all the available material, skilfully focused it, and for the first time we have Gibbons presented in true perspective. But Mr. Tipping's work is of more than biographical value. Equipped obviously with wide knowledge of his subject, he has written a comprehensive and luminous account of what may be described as the golden age of wood carving in England."—The Glasgow Herald.
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