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Architectural drawing Architecture Designs and plans Details Early works to 1800 Stair building Staircases Carpentry Orders

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The British Architect: Or, the Builder's Treasury of Stair-Cases. ... the Whole Being Illustrated ... by the Best Hands on Sixty Folio Copper-Plates. by Abraham Swan, ... the Second Edition
Apr 19, 2018, Gale Ecco, Print Editions
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The British Architect: Or, the Builder's Treasury of Stair-Cases. ... the Whole Being Illustrated ... by the Best Hands on Sixty Folio Copper-Plates. by Abraham Swan,
Apr 18, 2018, Gale Ecco, Print Editions
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The British architect, or, The builder's treasury of stair-cases ...
1973, J.W. Folsom
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The British architect, or, The builder's treasury of staircases
1973, Printed for and sold by R. Sayer
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The British architect, or, The builders' treasury of stair-cases ...
1973, R. Bell
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The British architect: or, The builder's treasury of stair-cases.: Containing, I. An easier, more intelligible, and expeditious method of drawing the five orders, than has hitherto been published, by a scale of twelve equal parts, free from those troublesome divisons, called Aliquot 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, whereby any gentleman may fix on what will suit him best, there being examples of all kinds; and necessary directions for such persons as are unacquainted with that branch. III. Designs of arches, doors, and windows. IV. A great variety of new and curious chimney-pieces, in the most elegant and modern taste. V. Corbels, shields, and other beautiful decorations. VI. Several useful and necessary rules of carpentry; with the manner of trussed roofs, and the nature of a splayed circular soffit, both in a straight and circular wall, never published before. Together with raking cornices, groins, and angle brackets described. : The whole being illustrated with upwards of one hundred designs and examples, curiously engraved on sixty folio copperplates.
1794, Printed typographically by John W. Folsom, for John Norman, engraver, no. 75, Newbury Street.
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Cover of: The British architect: or, The builders treasury of stair-cases.
The British architect: or, The builders treasury of stair-cases.: Containing. I. An easier, more intelligible, and expeditious method of drawing the five orders, than has hitherto been published ... 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, in the most elegant and modern taste. 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, both in a straight and circular wall, never published before. Together with raking cornices, groins, and angle brackets described. : The whole being illustrated with upwards of one hundred designs and examples, curiously engraved on sixty folio copper-plates.
1775, Printed by R. Bell, bookseller, Third-Street, next door to St. Paul's Church, for John Norman architect engraver, in Second-Street.
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Cover of: The British architect: or, The builders treasury of stair-cases.
The British architect: or, The builders treasury of stair-cases.: Containing. I. An easier, more intelligible, and expeditious method of drawing the five orders, than has hitherto been published, by a scale of twelve equal parts, free from those troublesome divisons, call'd aliquot 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, whereby any gentleman may fix on what will suit him best, there being examples of all kinds; and necessary directions for such persons as are unacquainted with that branch. III. Designs of arches, doors, and windows. IV. A great variety of new and curious chimney-pieces, in the most elegant and modern taste. 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, both in a straight and circular wall, never published before. Together with raking cornices, groins, and angle brackets described. : The whole being illustrated with upwards of one hundred designs and examples, curiously engraved on sixty folio copper-plates.
1775, Printed by R. Bell, bookseller, Third-Street, next door to St. Paul's Church, for John Norman architect engraver, in Second-Street.
Microform in English
Cover of: The British architect: or, The builders treasury of stair-cases.
The British architect: or, The builders treasury of stair-cases.: Containing. I. An easier, more intelligible, and expeditious method of drawing the five orders, than has hitherto been published ... 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, in the most elegant and modern taste. 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, both in a straight and circular wall, never published before. Together with raking cornices, groins, and angle brackets described. : The whole being illustrated with upwards of one hundred designs and examples, curiously engraved on sixty folio copper-plates.
1775, Printed by R. Bell, bookseller, Third-Street, next door to St. Paul's Church, for John Norman architect engraver, in Second-Street.
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The British architect, or, The builders treasury of stair-cases ...
1775, Printed by R. Bell ... for John Norman ...
in English
Cover of: The British architect, or, The builders treasury of stair-cases
The British architect, or, The builders treasury of stair-cases: ... illustrated with upwards of one hundred designs and examples curiously engraved by the best hands on sixty folio copper-plates
1760, Printed for and sold by Robert Sayer, map and printseller ...
in English
Cover of: The British architect: or, The builder's treasury of staircases.
The British architect: or, The builder's treasury of staircases.: Containing, I. An easier, more intelligible, and expeditious method of drawing the five orders, than has hitherto been published ... II. Likewise stair-cases ... 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 ... The whole being illustrated with upwards of one hundred designs and examples, curiously engraved by the best hands on sixty folio copper-plates.
1758
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(from t.p.) I. An easier ... method of drawing the five orders ...
II. Likewise stair cases ... shewing their most convenient situation and the form of their ascending ...
III. Designs of arches, doors, and window
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 ...

Edition Notes

Bristol B4124
Rosenwald 1790
Plates signed: J. Norman.
Signatures: pi² [A]² B-F² [G]².
Subscribers' list: p. [5-6, i-ii].

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Philadelphia
Genre
Early works to 1800., Designs and plans
Other Titles
British architect, Builders treasury of stair-cases

Classifications

Library of Congress
NA2517 .S9 1775

The Physical Object

Pagination
[6], vi, 17, [3] p., LX leaves of plates :
Number of pages
17

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL7016617M
LCCN
10004972
OCLC/WorldCat
506622423, 9690931, 17382321, 54625695

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL110850W

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