Encyclopedia of architecture : a dictionary of the science and practice of architecture, building, carpentry, etc., from the earliest ages to the present time, forming a comprehensive work of reference for the use of architects, builders, carpenters, masons, engineers, students, professional men, and amateurs. Volumes I-II (complete)

Published by Martin and Johnson, New York

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No date, but 1850s. 516, 604 pages : illustrations. Bound in half leather over marbled-paper covered boards. Volume I, spine good, front outer hinge strong, boards rubbed, corners worn; front inner hinge cracked, contents age-toned and foxed, tissue guards good. Volume II, front outer hinge broken, boards rubbed, corners worn; front inner hinge broken, though front board remains attached, contents age-toned and foxed, tissue guards good. Collated March 27, 2022. All plates present with the exception of the frontispiece for volume I (Crystal Palace, New York), in place of which one finds Osborne, the residence of Her Majesty. Though all are present, most of the plates are misplaced: in volume I, each plate between pages 226 and 492 is to be found at the location designated in the "List of plates" for the plate immediately preceding. In volume II, each plate between that for 259 and that for page 332 [C] is bound in the location reserved for the following plate; thereafter, plates are bound in the location designated for the second plate following, and only the final plate (page 526) is correctly located. In more instances than is useful to enumerate plates are listed as facing the left hand page when the are bound facing the right, and vice-versa. 5700 grams.

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Encyclopedia of architecture : a dictionary of the science and practice of architecture, building, carpentry, etc., from the earliest ages to the present time, forming a comprehensive work of reference for the use of architects, builders, carpenters, masons, engineers, students, professional men, and amateurs. Volumes I-II (complete)
Author
Peter Nicholson ; edited by Edward Lomax and Thomas Gunyon
Publisher
Martin and Johnson, New York
Condition
Fair
Binding
Hardcover
Item weight
5,700 grams

Carothers and Carothers

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Carothers and Carothers is an independent bookselling firm specializing in the scholarly out-of-print and antiquarian market. Frank Carothers, the elder partner, has retired from the Library of the University of California at Berkeley after more than thirty years of collection management related work. Sara Carothers, the younger partner, is a recent graduate of the University of San Francisco, where she studied Japanese and French.

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