Leask, Harold G. Irish Churches and Monastic Buildings. Volume 1: The First Phases and the Romanesque / Volume 2: Gothic Architecture to A.D. 1400 / Vol. 3: Medieval Gothic. The Last Phases. Second, Second and First Edition. Three volumes. Dundalk, Dundalgan Press (W. Tempest Ltd.), 1977 / 1967 / 1960. 19 x 25cm. 173, 162 & 190 pages, with illustrations and photographs throughout. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition in very good dust jackets. A nice set. Small sticker with name of previous owner in volumes 2 and 3.

Complete Set of Harold Leask’s three volume study of Irish religious architecture. Detailed diagrams and illustrations accompany the text throughout and each volume contains a reference list to ecclesiastical sites and locations throughout the island of Ireland.

Volume One contents include: The Antiquity of Irish Ecclesiastical Buildings / Churches and Oratories of Unmortared Stone / The Development of the Irish Stone Roof / The Influence of Timber Construction on Irish Building in Stone / Early Churches in Mortared Stone / The Irish Romanesque

Volume Two contents include: The Cistercians in Ireland / The Augustinian and Other Orders / Transitional Architecture circa 1160-1200 / The School of the West / Irish Gothic to A.D. 1250 / Irish Gothic in the thirteenth and fourteenth Centuries / Features of Churches and Monasteries.

• Keywords: Archeology & Antiquities · Architecture · Art & Design · Building Technology · History of Ireland · Ireland
• Language: English
• Dust Jacket
• Inventory Number: 100009AB

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