INVERARAY AND THE DUKES OF ARGYLL
Written by Ian G. Lindsay, Mary Cosh
Published by Edinburgh University Press
in 1973
ISBN: 0852241879
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SCOTLAND
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ARGYLL
INVERARAY AND THE DUKES OF ARGYLL
Written by Ian G. Lindsay, Mary Cosh.
Stock no. 1824682
1st.
1973.
Hardback.
Large format.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The history of the building of Inveraray, a West Highland capital, by the 3rd and 5th Dukes of Argyll. Large format. Grey mottled boards, Blue title label with gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0852241879. Spine faded, uneven fading to boards and a few marks. Text block browned and has some foxing. Bookplate to front endpaper and inscription partially crossed out in ink. Contents clean. Pale blue pictorial dustwrapper is browned and a little grubby.
Front cover
Contents
- PART ONE
- I The New Duke
- II Duke Archibald's Castle
- 1. The Design
- 2. The Castle, 1745-49
- 3. The Castle, 1749-56
- 4. The Completion, 1753-60
- 5. The Timber Cargoes
- III The Setting
- IV Inverarary New Town: the Grand Conception
- V Interregnum
- PART TWO
- VI The Castle: Transformation
- VII Building in the Policies, 1771-90
- VIII The New Town: Realization, 1771-90
- IX Last Years of the Fifth Duke, 1790-1806
- X Decline and revival
- Epilogue
- Glossary and Abbreviations
- Note on Sources
- Notes and References
- Index of Architects and Craftsmen
- General Index
- Acknowledgments
- Genealogical Table