Publisher's Synopsis
"[This book], perhaps Colvin`s best known work, is now in its revised and enlarged third edition. The volume is the standard reference work for all known architects practicing from the time of Inigo Jones to the end of the Georgian period. . . . The possibilities for research and cross reference that the dictionary provides cannot be overestimated."-Dana Arnold, The Architects` Journal
"[An] indispensable book for any architecture historian, professional and amateur."-Colin Amery, Financial Times
"A definitive work of reference, but also extraordinarily absorbing, a book to savor again and again."-Linda Colley, The Observer