Arcades: The History of a Building Type

Geist, Johann Friedrich. Arcades: The History of a Building Type. Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press, (1983). First American edition. 4to. viii,596pp. Black/grayish cloth with white lettering on spine in original illustrated dust jacket. Classic reference work on the arcades, passages, and galleries of late 18th- and 19th-century Europe and America. Profusely illustrated with b/w reproductions of photographs and architectural plans. Minor shelf wear on bottom edges, tail of spine slightly bumped. Minor sunning, creasing and few closed tears on dj. Dated signature of previous owner on free front endpaper. Tight copy with dust jacket and binding in good, interior in near fine condition. Hardcover. (29545) $65