This volume is the long awaited update by noted architect Glenn Brown (1854-1932) and is a “must have” for students of the U.S. Capitol. According to the Government Printing Office, Brown’s two-volume work, History of the United States Capitol, first published at the turn the 20th Century, "created a remarkable graphic record and comprehensive account of the architecture and art of the nation’s most revered public buildings" that served as a guidepost for the McMillan Commission’s planning report for Washington, DC. This volume features a rich burgundy hard cover, heavy glossy stock with hundreds of illustrations, photographs (including the work of noted photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston) and art work. Hardcover, 644 pp., 2008.