Crude Hints towards an History of my House in Lincoln's Inn Fields

Soane, John/ Dorey, Helen (EDT)

Archaeopress Archaeology（2015/10発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 62 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781784912154
• DDC分類 720.92

Full Description

In 1812 the architect Sir John Soane (1753-1837) wrote a strange and perplexing manuscript, Crude Hints towards an History of my House in Lincoln's Inn Fields, in which, in the guise of an Antiquary, he imagines his home as a future ruin, inspected by visitors speculating on its origins and function. Never published in his lifetime, the manuscript has been meticulously transcribed and provided with an explanatory Introduction and footnotes by Helen Dorey, Deputy Director and Inspectress of Sir John Soane's Museum. Originally published as part of an exhibition catalogue sixteen years ago, this new edition has been extensively revised and updated. The text is accompanied by nineteen illustrations, seventeen of them in full colour.

Contents

Crude Hints: an Introduction ;

Note on the Manuscript ;

Transcript of Crude Hints towards a History of my House ;

Notes to the transcript