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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Tinniswood, Adrian. His invention so fertile. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001 (OCoLC)622672963 |
| Named Person: | Christopher Wren, Sir |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Adrian Tinniswood |
| ISBN: | 0195149890 9780195149890 |
| OCLC Number: | 47746392 |
| Description: | xv, 462 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | The beauty of holiness -- I will peerform as much as I am able -- The theory and practice of physick -- The natural simplicity of the contrivance -- The key that opens treasures -- An ingenious gentleman -- The most esteem'd fabricks of Paris -- A well-projected design -- Something of a better mould -- The honour of the nation -- Our reformed religion -- The most essential part of architecture -- The trade I was once well acquainted with -- Free conversation -- Virtues and accomplishments -- The poor old man -- My great work -- An ornament to the age. |
| Responsibility: | Adrian Tinniswood. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
Wren was a scientist and a founder of the Royal Society in addition to being one of Britain's most talented architects.
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