Detail, Cottage, and Constructive Architecture Containing 75 Large Lithographic Plates. Published under the Direction of A.J. Bicknell, Showing a Great Variety of Designs for Cornices, Brackets, Windows, Window Caps, Doors, Piazzas, Porches, Bay and Dormer Windows, Observatories, Towers, Chimney Tops, Balconies, Canopies, Scrolls, Gable and Sawed Ornaments, Fences, Stairs, Newels, Architraves, Mantels, Plaster Finish, etc. etc. Including 45 Perspectives, Elevations, and Plans of Modern Designs for Cottages with Details and 18 Elevations of Summer Houses, Villas, Sea-Side Cottages, and Country Houses. Together with 14 Designs for Street and Store Fronts, with Inside Finish for Stores and Banks

Bicknell, A.J.

Edité par A.J. Bicknell, 1873

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Detail, Cottage, and Constructive Architecture Containing 75 Large Lithographic Plates. Published under the Direction of A.J. Bicknell, Showing a Great Variety of Designs for Cornices, Brackets, Windows, Window Caps, Doors, Piazzas, Porches, Bay and Dormer Windows, Observatories, Towers, Chimney Tops, Balconies, Canopies, Scrolls, Gable and Sawed Ornaments, Fences, Stairs, Newels, Architraves, Mantels, Plaster Finish, etc. etc. Including 45 Perspectives, Elevations, and Plans of Modern Designs for Cottages with Details and 18 Elevations of Summer Houses, Villas, Sea-Side Cottages, and Country Houses. Together with 14 Designs for Street and Store Fronts, with Inside Finish for Stores and Banks: Also Framing for Dwellings, Barns, Exhibition Buildings, Roofs, Bridges, etc. etc. Making in all a practical Book for Architects, Builders, Carpenters, And all who contemplate building or remodeling Wood, Stone or Brick Buildings. A.J. Bicknell & Co., New York, Printed by Charles Hart, Engraved by L.E. Neumann, 1873, frontispiece, seventy-five plates, adverts, one color advert for Minton encaustic floor tiles, brick pebble cloth, 14 x 11 , folio. In fair condition. Moderate wear to extremities with scuffing to corners and edges. Modest soiling to surface of cloth. Light staining and scuff marks to surface of cloth. Spine ends quite worn with fraying and crushing. Some loss of cloth at ends. Gilt on spine remains bright and clean. Front fly creased and improperly folded. Chipping at edges of fly. Bookplate of Maurice Robert Des Marais on front end pastedown. Des Marais was a longtime faculty member in the Department of Architecture at Penn State College of Arts and Architecture and a corporate member of the American Institute of Architects. Old hand ownership on second end page of John Hopton with address of 445 Hudson Street , NY. Textblock nicely preserved with light, even toning, minor instances of foxing, and light instances of age staining. Free of known marginalia. All plates present. Binding intact. Mid-gutter tender. Please see photos. An absolutely stunning work of architectural plans indicative of the Eastlake Movement by Amos Jackson Bicknell! Beautiful plates by L.E. Neumann depicting floor plans, windows, stair cases, mantels, summer houses, porches and much more. A treasure trove for any lover of Victorian architecture. Quite scarce. N° de réf. du vendeur RAREA1873DOQD

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Titre : Detail, Cottage, and Constructive ...

Éditeur : A.J. Bicknell

Date d'édition : 1873

Reliure : Hardcover

Etat : Fair

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