A very scarce binding containing three complete volumes of the very desirable New-York Ecclesiologist, the very first architectural publication produced in America. It contains a wealth of material by and about early important architects, New York history, ecclesiastical controversies of the day [especially as it relates to the architectural cultus], etc. 

Not even a single volume on the market anywhere else. 

The New-York Ecclesiologist. Published by the New-York Ecclesiological Society. Vol I. 1848-1849. New York. H. M. Onderkonk. 1849. 197pp

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The New-York Ecclesiologist. Published by the New-York Ecclesiological Society. Vol. II. New-York. Stanford & Swords. 1850. 211pp.

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The New-York Ecclesiologist. Published by the New-York Ecclesiological Society. Vol. III. - 1851. New-York. Stanford & Swords. 1851. 193pp.

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Third Annual Report of the New-York Ecclesiological Society. 1851. New York. Stanford and Swords. 1851. 47pp.

Contents include: Cheap Churches; Reality in Church Architecture; The Oxford Architectural Society; Church Notes [on early church architectural in America with discussion of specific churches]; The Eagle-Lectern at the Church of the Advent in Boston; A Hint on Modern Church Architecture; Christian Art; Form and Arrangement of Churches; Architectural Nomenclature; Baptismal Fonts; The Dedication of Churches; Use of the Stole by Deacons; Church Symbolisms; St. Augustine's in Canterbury; Church Yards; The Nave; Crosier and Pastoral Staff; Cemeteries; Why Do So Few Church Edifices Satisfy?; On Masonry; A First-Pointed Church; Church Music; On Tombs; Hierugia or the Sanctities of Divine Worship; Organs; Art Ministering to Religion; Ventilation; Open Seats vs Pews; Hints for Workmen in Churches; Symbolism in Church Architecture; Grave-Stones; Pues in Churches; Churches in Rome; Irish Ecclesiological Society; The Standard of Music; Hierurgia; St. Barnabas in Pimlico; Monumental Brasses; Metrical Psalmody; Ecclesiological Tendencies not Rome-Ward; Letters from South America; Mr. Pugin's Comments on the Oratorian Model Church; Eastern Churches; Wall-Painting; The Morbid Taste for Externals; Originality in Church Architecture; The Use of the Stole by Deacons; Thoughts on Tropical Architecture; The Expression of Idea in Art; Easter in Moscow; The Sacredness of Churches; Stained Glass; The Consecration of Church Plate; The Use of Painting and Sculpture in Churches; William of Wykeham and Winchester Cathedral; etc. etc. 

The whole bound in an attractive three-quarter leather binding; chipped at head of spine, hinges very tender, breached through and held by binding threads. Textually exceptionally solid, crisp, and clean save some very singularly located foxing. Illustrated throughout.