New Haven, CT, U.S.A.: Yale University Press, Date: 2001. Book. Illus. by Photographs By David Davison. V. Minor Bump, Else Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 13 1/4" x 10". 241 pages, 256 illustrations in black and white and colour, including more than one hundred specially commissioned photographs by David Davison. Opens with a discussion of the people who were involved in the creation of public architecture and a description of the physical appearance of Ireland at the time, including its roads and harbours, its market houses and churches. The author then presents detailed portraits of key public buildings, among them The Royal Hospital Kilmainham, The Royal Barracks, Dublin Castle, Trinity College, Dublin, and Edward Lovett Pearce's Parliament House, documenting in vivid detail the architectural and social importance of these remarkable public buildings. Bibliography. Hb in dw, very minor bump, minor tear to dw, otherwise a near fine copy.. 2001. Yale University Press ISBN 0300090641 9780300090642 [GB]

London : Yale University Press, Date: 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: ix, 241 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 34 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-233) and index. Subjects: Public buildings Ireland; Public architecture Ireland; Architecture Ireland History; Architecture and society Ireland; Architecture Ireland 17th century; Architecture Ireland 18th century; Architecture and society Ireland. 2001. London : Yale University Press ISBN 0300090641 9780300090642 [IE]

New Haven; London: Yale Univ. Press, Date: 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: ix, 241 pages: illustrations (some color); 34 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-233) and index. Contents: Part I.A new theatre of architecture. Dramatis personae -- Mise-en-scène -- Part II. The buildings. The Royal Hospital, Kilmainham and the architecture of charity -- Dublin Castle and the architecture of government -- The Royal Barracks and the architecture of defence -- Trinity College, Dublin and the architecture of learning -- The Parliament House and the architecture of studio, diligenza e amore. Subjects: Public buildings Ireland. Public architecture Ireland. Architecture Ireland History. Architecture and society Ireland. Public architecture Ireland. Public buildings Ireland. Architecture Ireland History 17th century. Architecture Ireland History 18th century. Genre: History. 2001. New Haven; London: Yale Univ. Press ISBN 0300090641 9780300090642 [IE]