Lang, James.

Rebuilding St. Paul’s after the Great Fire of London.

London, New York, Toronto, Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1956. 19.5 cm x 25.6 cm. XI, 269 pages. 22 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine faded. Top corner of front board bumped. Minor foxing to endpapers and hint of tanning to edges but interior otherwise bright and clean.

Includes, for example, the following chapters: Ruins / ‘Handsome and Noble and Suitable’ / The Prospect Enlarged / Spectre of Old Paul’s / Workmen and Officials / Finance and Friends / The Cathedral Begins to Take Shape / The Drive to Roof the Choir / Sir Christopher Recovers Confidence / St. Paul Receives Queen Anne / The Last Stone on the Lantern / Epilogue / Bibliography etc

Book has numerous illustrations of the Old St Paul’s, Wren’s designs for the new cathedral and engravings of the finished building.

Lang sets out the account of the rebuilding of St Paul’s cathedral after the destuction of the Old St Paul’s in the Great Fire of 1666. The task of designing a replacement structure was officially assigned to Sir Christopher Wren on 30 July 1669.
On 2 December 1697, 31 years and 3 months after the Great Fire destroyed Old St Paul’s, the new cathedral was consecrated for use. The Right Reverend Henry Compton, Bishop of London, preached the sermon. It was based on the text of Psalm 122, “I was glad when they said unto me: Let us go into the house of the Lord.” The first regular service was held on the following Sunday. (Wikipedia)

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• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 120288AB

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