Books by John Henry Parker

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Reprinted from the 9th edition of 1896, the reference is extensively illustrated with examples, packed with names, definitions and descriptions. Parker's most popular, if not his most profound, work. It includes fresh ideas on Saxon architecture, an article on stained glass by Willement, and (like most of Parker's writings) is charmingly - and accurately - illustrated by Jewitt. John Henry Parker was born in London in 1806. An English scholar, he was interested in the history of architecture and in restoration. After a period spent in Rome, Parker entered the field of classical archaeology. In 1868 he founded the British and American Archaeological Society of Rome. In 1870 he was elected director of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. He died there in 1884.

Volume 2 of this highly illustrated work was begun by Thomas Hudson Turner (1815-52) and completed by John Henry Parker (1806-84), his publisher, after Turner's death. Published in 1853, it contains details of domestic buildings in England during the fourteenth century, with a list of surviving examples.

The Oxford bookseller and publisher John Henry Parker (1806-84) was also a historian of architecture, first publishing this illustrated glossary in 1836. Reissued here are the 1840 third edition and the 1841 companion volume. Volume 1 contains explanations of terms from 'abacus' to 'zotheca' and 105 plates with notes.