WONDERS OF THE WORLD
Written by Simon Goldhill, Richard Barber, Theodore K. Rabb, Jonathan Glancey
Published by Folio Society
in 2006
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WONDERS OF THE WORLD
Written by Simon Goldhill, Richard Barber, Theodore K. Rabb, Jonathan Glancey.
Stock no. 1830568
2006.
Hardback.
Large format.
Nearly fine condition.
Large format. Beige pictorial cloth, brown title to spine. Colour photos. 308 pages including index. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.
Front cover
Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- SEVEN WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
- The Great Pyramid at Giza
- The Western Wall of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem
- The Parthenon
- The Colosseum
- The Alphabet and the Rosetta Stone
- The Great Wall of China
- The Wonder of Greek Sculpture: A Stele from Paros
- SEVEN WONDERS OF THE MEDIEVAL WORLD
- Hagia Sophia
- The Book of Kells
- The Imperial Palace at Aachen
- The Bayeux Tapestry
- Castel del Monte
- The Welsh Castles of Edward I
- The Monastries of Batalha, Tomar and Belem
- SEVEN WONDERS OF THE RENAISSANCE WORLD
- Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence
- Palazzo Te, Mantua
- Villa Barbaro, Maser
- El Escorial
- Piazza di San Pietro, Rome
- Versailles
- Greenwich
- SEVEN WONDERS OF THE MODERN WORLD
- Earth from Space
- The Forth Railway Bridge
- The New York Skyline
- The Union Pacific 'Big Boy' 4-8-8-4 Freight Locomotive
- The DNA Spiral
- Concorde
- the CERN Particle Accelerator
- EPILOGUE
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- INDEX