Herfordshire

by Nikolaus Pevsner

Herfordshire (The Buildings of Enland) Nikolaus Herfordshire (The Buildings of Enland) Penguin FIRST First Edition, First Printing. Published by Penguin Books, 1977. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with circles drawn in red pen on second and third page. Dust jacket is very good with tear to top and spine and shelf/edgewear.Seller 470351 Architecture

Genres: Architecture, Reference, Nonfiction

256 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1963

About the author

Sir Nikolaus Pevsner (January 30, 1902 - August 18, 1983) was one of the twentieth century's most learned and stimulating writers on art and architecture.

He established his reputation with Pioneers of Modern Design, though he is probably best known for his celebrated series of guides, The Buildings of England, acknowledged as one of the great achievements of twentieth-century scholarship. He was also founding editor of The Pelican History of Art, the most comprehensive and scholarly history of art ever published in English.

Reviews

[Dr Susan Turner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Each of Pevsner's guide is worth collecting in any edition for his erudite prose and coverage of the places and people who built Britain. Herefordshire happens to be one of my favourite counties so I keep this volume nearby when travelling through. Ledbury and surrounds is a centre for me from which to explore but Hereford, the county town is well covered.

[Lesley Arrowsmith · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the one where Pevsner, that ultimate describer of church architecture, actually ran out of names for the different parts of a church when he came to Peterchurch in the Golden Valley!

[Vince Sheehan · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's long due an update, but still part of a wonderful series.