The Origins of Medieval Architecture: Building in Europe, A.D. 600-900, Charles B. McClendon, Fine HC, Near Fine DJ

McClendon, Charles B., New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1965. Fine 4to, 9 ¼” x 11 ¼”, 264 pp.

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Fine quarto, brown cloth over boards, gilt title to spine, one small spot of soiling to front endpaper and front pastedown, otherwise pristine. Near Fine pictorial dust jacket, image to front cover of Gerlmigny-des-Pres chapel and Lorsch abbey gateway on back panel, closed tear 3/4" and minor chip to tail, protected in Mylar, 264 pp. Includes photographs and plan drawings in full-color and black-and-white. Discussion of Dark Ages and Carolingian-era architecture, with many examples. McClendon explores the critical three centuries of European design and construction that helped shape the architecture of the Middle Ages.