1980s Illustrated Folio, Lorna Price's the Plan of St. Gall-in Brief-an Overview of the 3 Volume Work by Walter Horn & Ernest Born, Signed - 1 Book

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Price, Lorna. The Plan of St. Gall - In Brief - an overview of the three volume work by Walter … Read more Price, Lorna. The Plan of St. Gall - In Brief - an overview of the three volume work by Walter Horn & Ernest Born.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1982, first edition, signed by (3) authors on flyleaf verso opposite dedication page. English text. Fo; 99 pp. Linen cloth, covers slightly foxed, gilt stamped red leather title label, text interspersed with illustrations, black and white renderings of building plans and views, graphic red and black ink stamped dust jacket, antique white ground, light handling wear with a few micro-tears, designed by Czeslaw Jan Grycz, binding by Tapley-Rutter Company. Very good in a very good dust jacket.

Measures: 14.25 x 11.25 x .75 inches.
Approximate weight: 2 pounds. 14 ounces.

Provenance: Ex. Diana and Marc Goldstein (1935-2015), SOM Design and Consulting Partner (1970-1991), responsible for some of SOM's most important architectural and urban planning accomplishments of the 20th century. Unmarked.

An overview based on the 3-volume work by WALTER HORN and ERNEST BORN including selected facsimile illustrations in color and black and white, and also a Note on Architectural scale Models, with illustrations in color of the Reconstruction Scale Model of the Monastery PLAN or St. GALL, as interpreted by Horn and Born, and crafted in basswood by Carl Bertil Lund. See less