Builder Magazine Plates (4 results)

Unframed Print. Condition: Very Good. Four single sheet prints, image area approx. 17 x 26 cms. A medical facility with Gothic styling and civic scale, reflecting Victorian concern for public health. The illustrations found in leading architectural journals of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, such as The Builder, Building News, and The Architect are masterpieces of visual craftsmanship. These illustrations capture the elegance, intricacy, and stylistic flair of the period's architecture. Rich in ornamental detail and atmospheric depth, they reflect not only the buildings themselves but the artistic sensibilities and design discourse of their age. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL PAGE FROM THE JOURNAL, PRINTED AT THE DATE SHOWN IN THE TITLE, NOT A REPRINT OR COPY. Category: Builder & Building News; PRINTS : Buildings & Places; Unframed Prints : Old. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.…

Unframed Print. Condition: Very Good. Two single sheets, images are approx. 18 x 23 cms. Plus accompanying text page. A financial institution with Italianate styling, serving the commercial needs of western England and Wales. The illustrations found in leading architectural journals of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, such as The Builder, Building News, and The Architect are masterpieces of visual craftsmanship. These illustrations capture the elegance, intricacy, and stylistic flair of the period's architecture. Rich in ornamental detail and atmospheric depth, they reflect not only the buildings themselves but the artistic sensibilities and design discourse of their age. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL PAGE FROM THE JOURNAL, PRINTED AT THE DATE SHOWN IN THE TITLE, NOT A REPRINT OR COPY. Category: Builder & Building News; PRINTS : Buildings & Places; Unframed Prints : Old. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.…

Leather. Condition: Good Only. A scarce collection of plates from The Builder Magazine with various architectural designs and illustrations. Various plates from The Builder Magazine, bound in half leather and cloth boards.Bound in non-chronological order, this collection of plates includes an assortment of designs and illustrations from the magazine now known as 'Building'.The plates in this collection range from editions between 1887 and 1892.Founded in 1843 as 'The Builder' magazine in 1843 by Joseph Aloysius Hansom. The editor between 1883 and 1908 was Henry Heathcote Statham.Includes contributions from various British architects.A very scarce collection.The front board is disbound. In quarter leather binding and cloth boards. Externally, fair. The front board is disbound. There is some bumping to the head and tail of the spine. The spine has some slight wear. There is some spotting to the fore edge. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Good Only. Various (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very large heavy volume of w/p illustrations from: The Building News, The Architect and majority from The Builder from between approx 1882 and 1902. Over 300 plates of mainly Churches and Cathedrals and other religious buildings including ground plans, designs. drawings, photographs etc. A few backstamped Massenger & Adams. Creasing and edgewear to first fe pages and last few. No title page and dates of plates not in sequence. The Builder 5 to spine. Splitting to cloth at spine and loose one side. This is a very heavy volume indeed and post and packing will be more than quoted by abe. This will suit architectural practice or student.…