Add this copy of The British Architect: Or, the Builder's Treasury of to cart. $457.00, good condition, Sold by Second Story Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rockville, MD, UNITED STATES, published by Robert Sayer.
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Book. Folio, unpaginated. Half-bound in green-cloth and leather. Rebound. Mild rubbing and abrasions to leather; small area of cloth has peeled up from rear board. Pencil notation to verso of front free end paper. Inscription in ink to head of Introduction. Title page has been remargined, though large portion is missing at head. Foxing, creasing and soiling throughout text. Includes numerous architectural illustrations, diagrams and floor-plans. Binding is sturdy. Good copy only. Spine is tan leather with six raised bands; gilt text in black box at head. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates] Shelved in the back area, with the other oversized books. 1335545. FP New Rockville Stock.
Add this copy of The British Architect, Or, the Builder's Treasury of to cart. $957.00, fair condition, Sold by Sequitur Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Boonsboro, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1758 by Printed for the Author.
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Fair. 60 plates. Full leather binding. Wear with loss to spine leather, wear to boards (with loss to leather), especially at edges. Lacking end pages. Ink stains to title page. Early signature of James Yale no. 11 Brunswick Street Stockbridge Edinburgh (Scotland) inside front cover. Notes on blank sides of plates in an old hand. Some hand draw architectural sketches on blank pages. Scattered spotting / staining throughout. Contents: I. An easier, more intelligible, and expeditious method of drawing the five orders...by a scale of twelve equal parts...shewing also how to glue up their columns and capitals--II. Likewise stair-cases...shewing their most convenient situation, and the form of their ascending in the most grand manner: with a great variety of curious ornaments...--III. Designs of arches, doors, and windows--IV. A great variety of new and curious chimney-pieces...--V. Corbels, shields, and other beautiful decorations--VI. Several useful and necessary rules of carpentry; with the manner of truss'd roofs, and the nature of a splay'd circular soffit...together with raking cornices, groins, and angle brackets, described. Builder's treasury of stair-cases. Avery p. 1002. This is an oversized or heavy book, that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
