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Author: Crook, J.M.
Title: John Carter and the mind of the Gothic Revival.
Publication: London, Society of Antiquaries of London 1995.
Price: £10
Reference: 10300
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4to. viii + (2) + 100pp, 2 colour plates, 36 text ills. Publisher's printed wrappers. Jill Allibone's copy, with acquisition date 2 Mar 1996.
Vividly written assessment of the role of the draughtsman and antiquary John Carter (1748-1817) in promoting the appreciation of Gothic as an architectural style, and in denouncing destructive restorations by James Wyatt and others.