Sweetness and Light: The 'Queen Anne' Movement 1860-1900 Mark Girouard Art

A very pleasing first edition of this illustrated study of the 'Queen Anne' movement from British architectural historian Mark Girouard. First edition. Illustrated with eight colour plates and two hundred and fifteen monochrome images in-text. Collated compete. A detailed and comprehensive architectural study of the more progressive members of the Victorian middle-classes and their reaction from contemporary values in the 1870s. The style that was quickly - and inaccurately - christened 'Queen Anne' was adopted with enthusiasm by this group, creating a Revival form of the English Baroque architecture said to be from the time of the British Queen Anne. Written by Mark Girouard, a British architectural historian and authority on the country house, and Elizabethan and Victorian architecture. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart with minor wear to the extremities and light sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine