Wells Cathedral West Front: Construction, Sculpture and Conservation- Sampson, Jerry

Wells Cathedral West Front: Construction, Sculpture and Conservation- Sampson, Jerry

Wells Cathedral west front forms the most important gallery of thirteenth-century carving in northern Europe outside France. One of the earliest Gothic buildings in Britain, it is renowned throughout Europe, the USA and Canada. This major work provides a uniquely detailed look at the construction and sculpture of the Cathedral, and its restoration from earliest times to the present day, thus enabling the modern visitor not only to appreciate, as never before, how the west front must originally have appeared in the mid-thirteenth century, but to gain an understanding of the spiritual reality which it conveyed, and to learn how it was designed and used…….

First Edition, pre-owned hardback book with unclipped dust jacket in good condition. A little book shelf worn and creased on dust jacket. Clean, bright and crisp throughout, as though never read. Please see pictures for further details.