Architecture

Bell's Cathedrals: The Priory Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Great, Smithfield A Short History of the Foundation and a Description of the Fabric and also of the Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Less

George Worley

George Worley’s work is a scholarly handbook that surveys the history, architecture, and artefacts of the…

The Churches of Paris, from Clovis to Charles X

Sophia Beale

Sophia Beale’s work is a scholarly guide to the churches of Paris, tracing their histories from the early…

The Growth of the English House A short history of its architectural development from 1100 to 1800

J. Alfred Gotch

The work is a concise survey of English domestic architecture from the emergence of the stone keep in the…

The Stones of Venice, Volume 2 (of 3),

John Ruskin

The work is John Ruskin’s second volume of The Stones of Venice, a scholarly survey of the city’s…

Vasari on technique: Being the introduction to the three arts of design, architecture, sculpture, and painting. Prefixed to the lives of the most excellent painters, sculptors and architects

Giorgio Vasari

Vasari on Technique is a scholarly treatise that opens with a meticulous inventory of stone types, porphyry,…

A history of art in Chaldæa & Assyria, Vol. 2 (of 2)

Perrot, Georges; Chipiez, Charles

The Antiquarian Magazine & Bibliographer; Vol. 4, July-Dec 1884

Various

The Antiquarian Magazine & Bibliographer, Vol. 4 (July‑December 1884), is a scholarly periodical devoted to…

Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely

John William Edward Conybeare

The work is a Victorian‑era travelogue that sets out to chart the flat, unvarnished highways of…

Pompeii, Its Life and Art

August Mau

August Mau’s Pompeii, Its Life and Art is a scholarly survey of the Campanian city, first issued in English…

Mediæval Military Architecture in England, Volume 2 (of 2)

George Thomas Clark

The Stones of Venice, Volume 1 (of 3)

John Ruskin

John Ruskin’s The Stones of Venice is a scholarly survey of Venetian architecture, written in the…

Of the Buildings of Justinian

Procopius

The work is Procopius’s six‑book survey of the monumental construction undertaken by Emperor Justinian, a…

The Seven Lamps of Architecture

John Ruskin

John Ruskin’s The Seven Lamps of Architecture is a concise, essay‑like treatise that grew out of notes he…

Westminster

Besant, Walter; Mitton, G. E. (Geraldine Edith); Smith, A. Murray, Mrs.

The book is a detailed topographical and historical survey of Westminster, the central district of London…

Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain

George Edmund Street

George Edmund Street’s Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain is a nineteenth‑century scholarly…

A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised

A. D. F. Hamlin

A Text‑Book of the History of Architecture is a scholarly survey designed for college students but also…

Historic Paris

Jetta Sophia Wolff

Historic Paris is a detailed guide to the capital’s ancient architecture, written by Jetta S.

A manual on the origin and development of Washington

H. Paul Caemmerer

This work is a government‑issued manual that treats the history and planning of the United States capital as…

The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4

Various

The April 1844 issue of The Knickerbocker, or New‑York Monthly Magazine opens with a sweeping essay that…

A History of Architecture in all Countries, Volumes 1 and 2, 3rd ed. From the Earliest Times to the Present Day

James Fergusson

This work is a scholarly survey of architectural development from the earliest civilizations to the modern…

The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles.

Ella Sophia Armitage

The work is a scholarly survey of early Norman fortifications across England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland,…

The Stately Homes of England

Jewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William; Hall, S. C.

The work is a Victorian‑era survey of England’s great country houses, originally contributed to the…

Military Architecture in England During the Middle Ages

A. Hamilton Thompson

The work is a scholarly survey of English military architecture from the Roman era to the early modern…

Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings

Edward Sylvester Morse

Edward S. Morse’s Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings is a scholarly ethnographic survey of domestic…