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082			_a720.92 _bELM-M
100			_aElmes, James _912943
245			_aMemoirs of the life and works of Sir Christopher Wren : _bwith a brief view of the progress of architecture in England, from the beginning of the reign of Charles the first to the end of the seventeenth century. _cJames Elmes
260			_bCambridge University Press, _c2015. _aNew York :
300			_axxxvi, 532p. + Appendix and Index (147p.)
440			_aCambridge Library Collection. _912930
520			_aJames Elmes (1782-1862), the son of a builder, trained at the Royal Academy Schools as an architectural designer, but his career encompassed publishing and writing on architecture as well. The first biography of Wren, was published in 1823, and is dedicated to the President and Fellows of the Royal Society, of which Wren was a founder member in 1660. Elmes based his work on the so-called 'Parentalia', or notes on the Wren family compiled by his son (also Christopher), and privately printed by his grandson Stephen in 1750. Elmes puts Wren's life and works into the context of the intellectual ferment of Restoration England, and combines the narrative of Wren's life with an architectural commentary on his most important works.
650			_aAR _912944
690			_aWren, Christopher-1632-1723. _912945
690			_aArchitecture history-England. _912946
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