The Builder's Guide, a Practical Treatise on Grecian and Roman Architecture, Together with Specimens of the Gothic Style.
Hartford: Case, Tiffany & Burnham, 1846. Item #015726
"The most complete of any of the Greek Revival builder's guides." (Wood/Karpel B104) Originally published in 1834; this edition, to continue the subtitle, "Revised and Improved with Additions of Villa and School-House Architecture by H. Austin and Henry Bernard." Frontis. of Wadsworth Atheneum by Austin. (HItchcock 592) 37 cm; 96 pp.; illustrated from plans and drawings. with 50 plates and 38 wood engravings in the text. Scattered light foxing to plates and to text; else a good copy or better in worn contemporary full-calf boards.
Price: $395.00
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