Swaan, Wim, Christopher Brooke — The Gothic Cathedral

London, Elek, 1969. Hardcover. Red cloth. Black and color-illustrated dust jacket with white lettering; mylar cover. 328 pp. Nearly 400 plates in BW and color. A collection of Gothic cathedrals across Europe. This book "covers thirty-three cathedrals in six countries and gives a detailed account of how they were built, of the styles, of the master-builders and of the political events involved." -- dj flap. Cathedrals listed are located in France, England, Germany and Austria, Spain, and Italy. Essay The Cathedral in Medieval Society by Christopher Brooke. VG-/VG-. Ex-library. General shelf wear. Light edge tanning but otherwise clean.