An Analysis of the Origin and Development of English Church Architecture from the Norman Conquest to the Dissolution of the Monasteries

BY FRANCIS BOND, M.A., F.G.S.

With 1254 Illustrations, comprising 785 Photographs, Sketches, and Measured Drawings, and 469 Plans, Sections, Diagrams, and Moldings. Imperial 8vo, 800 pp., handsomely bound in art canvas, gilt. Price 31s. 6d. net

Published by B. T. BATSFORD, 94 High Holborn, London

SOME PRESS NOTICES

The Times.—“Mr Bond has given us a truly monumental work on English Gothic Architecture in his profusely illustrated and very fully indexed volume of some 800 pages.... As a mine of erudition, of detailed analysis and information, and of criticism on English MediÆval Church Architecture the book is worthy of all praise. For students it must be of lasting value; for authentic reference it will be long before it is likely to be in any way seriously superseded; while the lavish illustrations, many of them unpublished photographs, must be of permanent interest to all.”

The AthenÆum.—“This is, in every sense of the word, a great book. It at once steps to the front as authoritative.”

The Building News.—“A remarkable book.... Perfectly orderly, and most complete and thorough, this great book leaves nothing to be desired.”

The Reliquary.—“The more expert a man is as a Church Architect or as an intelligent ecclesiologist, the more grateful will he be to Mr Bond for the production of a noble volume like that now under notice.”

The Spectator.—“The whole book is extraordinarily full, extraordinarily minute, and enriched by a wealth of illustrations, and must stand for many years to come as the book of reference on the subject of Ecclesiastical Gothic in England for all architects and archaeologists.”

The Westminster Gazette.—“Mr Bond gives us an immense quantity of material—the result of the most painstaking and laborious research; he has illustrated every chapter, not only with photographs, but with the most admirable diagrams of mouldings and details; he has scarcely missed a church of any importance in his search for examples. In all these respects he places the architect and the architectural student under an immense obligation.”

The Pall Mall Gazette.—“ArchÆologist, scholar, and geologist, he is something more than a mere enthusiast, for to the ardour of his argument he brings deep technical mastery, much wide research, and scientific knowledge.... The book is one of the most absorbing that we have read for a long time in any field.”

Bulletin Monumental.—“Le grand travail sur l’architecture gothique anglaise.”