A Glossary of Terms Used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic Architecture

Reissued here is the 1840 third edition, with its 1841 'companion', of John Parker's illustrated glossary, first published in 1836.

John Henry Parker (Author)

9781108073455, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 17 April 2014

414 pages, 706 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 2.3 cm, 0.52 kg

The Oxford bookseller and publisher John Henry Parker (1806–84), a supporter of the Tractarian movement and a friend of Cardinal Newman, was also a historian of architecture, and first published this glossary in 1836. Reissued here is the enlarged third edition of 1840. The work is ordered alphabetically, and illustrated with 700 woodcuts by various artists. As stated in the first edition's preface, the book 'lays no claim to originality, its sole object being utility'. By 1837, 'the rapid sale of the first edition of this work clearly shews that something of the kind was required'. The third edition was followed in 1841 by a companion volume which contained 400 further examples and a chronological table: the two books offered a useful guide for those travellers and others who were taking a keen interest in the built environment. The first volume contains explanations of terms from 'abacus' to 'zotheca' and 105 plates with notes.

Preface to the third edition
Preface to the first edition
Preface to the second edition
Part I. Glossary
Part II. Plates.

Subject Areas: Architecture [AM]