Sloan's Constructive Architecture; A Guide to the Practical Builder and Mechanic. In Which Is Contained A Series Of Designs For Domes, Roofs And Spires, With A Number Of Plates Showing The Interior Construction And Finish Of Bays, Window Shutters. Sliding Doors, Etc.
Published by J.B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1859
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA
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148 pages. 30 x 24 xm.Sixty-six plates, 32 are colored or tinted lithographs. Glossary. Geometrical Definitions. KARPEL B295. "Before this work appeared in 1859, the standards for carpentry and building construction were largely set by foreign publications, most notably those of Peter Nicholson and Thomas Tredgold. Sloan filled a great need by documenting current American developments, many of which have made contemporary European practices obsolete. He covers domes, roofs, spheres, carpentry, joinery, and the five orders. HITCHCOCK 1198. A lovely copy, clean throughout, very bright and fresh. Discrete ex-library stamp at lower margin of the Preface page -- no other ex-library marking. Orig. publisher's cloth rebacked; decorated in blind with front cover gilt decoration bright and clean. Near fine.
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- Sloan's Constructive Architecture; A Guide to the Practical Builder and Mechanic. In Which Is Contained A Series Of Designs For Domes, Roofs And Spires, With A Number Of Plates Showing The Interior Construction And Finish Of Bays, Window Shutters. Sliding Doors, Etc.
- Author
- Sloan, Samuel
- Publisher
- J.B. Lippincott, Philadelphia
- Publication year
- 1859
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- First edition.
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