Building Conservation Philosophy

This is a book about ideas rather than techniques. Public thirst for visible evidence of the past is not, as it is often represented, a recent phenomenon. It was already well developed when an overseer of ancient monuments was appointed in sixth-century Rome. But if the desire to preserve aspects of...

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Main Author: Earl, John 1928- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon Routledge 2015
Edition:Third Edition
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