Title: The Tower of the Winds Author: Place: Santa Cruz Publisher: Foolscap Press Date: 2002 Description: Printed scroll, illustrated. 11 inches by 25 feet in length, housed in a cylindrical hinged case. No. 78 of 200 copies. "The book, a pre-codex form, allows the reader to scroll through history viewing the subject along a panorama twenty-five feet in length. The reproductions of the Tower are from the remarkable artwork of James Stuart and Nicolas Revett, the British architects whose written description and exquisite drawings inspired a new Architecture in England and influenced Thomas Jefferson and others in America." - from prospectus. Prospectus and instructions for handling included. Lot Amendments Condition: Fine. Item number: 273087
Title: The Tower of the Winds Author: Place: Santa Cruz Publisher: Foolscap Press Date: 2002 Description: Printed scroll, illustrated. 11 inches by 25 feet in length, housed in a cylindrical hinged case. No. 78 of 200 copies. "The book, a pre-codex form, allows the reader to scroll through history viewing the subject along a panorama twenty-five feet in length. The reproductions of the Tower are from the remarkable artwork of James Stuart and Nicolas Revett, the British architects whose written description and exquisite drawings inspired a new Architecture in England and influenced Thomas Jefferson and others in America." - from prospectus. Prospectus and instructions for handling included. Lot Amendments Condition: Fine. Item number: 273087
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