484 pages. 24 x 15 cm. This edition, 15th thousand not noted by HITCHCOCK .327. illustrations, many tinted, many full page plates with plans to scale. KARPEL B223. "One of the most important and influential mid-nineteenth-century house pattern books, including designs for cottages, farm houses, and villas with remarks on interiors, furniture, and the best mode of warming and ventilating." Owner inscription free front endpaper, interior contents clean and fresh, backstrip foot chipped. Toning to front few and at very end, spime faded to brown. Two centimeter loss title page head lettering not affected. Orig. green publisher's cloth decorated in blind, front cover chairs in gilt. Very good. Seller Inventory # 22645

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Title: The Architecture of Country Houses; ...

Publisher: D. Appleton & Co, New York

Publication Date: 1852

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition

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General antiquarian, Book Arts. Architecture, Travel, Literature

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