Architectural Precedents with Notes and Observations ( Seven Parts Bound in One Volume )
by Davy C
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus
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About This Item
London: John Williams, Library of Fine Arts, 1841. Collation, v[1].No 1. Plans, Elevations, Sections, Specification, and the Bill of Quantities of Second Rate Buildings. 36pp, 5 engraved plates.No 2. Parochial Buildings. Plans, Elevations, Sections, Specification, and Bill of Quantities of Saint Olave's Girls School. Erected in Maze-Pond, Parish of Saint Olave, Southwark, for the Trustees of Saint Olave's Girls Charity, 1839-1840. 32pp, 7 engraved plates.No 3. Prisons, &c. Drawings and Specification of Spilsby Gaol and Sessions-House, Erected from the Design, and under the Superintendence of H. E. Kendall Architect. Also Suggestions for the Improvement of Prisons. 118pp, 9 engraved plates. No 4. Railway Works. Drawings, Specification, Quantities, &c., of the Bromsgove Depot and Engine Factory, Erected under the immediate Superintendance of Captain Moorsom, C. E., for the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Company, 1840. Also Practical Observations. 64pp, 11 engraved plates. No 5. Drawings, Specification, Prices, Quantities, &c., of the Chamberlain Hospital, Erected at Bedworth, near Coventry (County of Warwick), From the Designs and under the Superintendence of Mr T. L. Walker, Architect, 1840. Also Bedworth Hospital. 67pp, 11 engraved plates. No 6. Plans and Specification for Repair, Alterations, &c. 25pp, 1 engraved plate.No 7. Specification* of the Steam Kitchen Apparatus and Fittings at the Reform Club-House, Pall-Mall, Charles Barry, Esquire,V.P.R.I.B.A., Architect, 1840. 179[1]pp.Bound in original publishers green cloth. Binding has recently been refurbished, retaining most of the original spine, new endpapers. Cloth very lightly rubbed on edges. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally, no loose pages, no writing or marking. Pages and illustrations in very good clean condition.Excellent clean well bound copy of a scarce work.A43. First Edition. Very Good Plus. Large 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- George Jeffery Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009104
- Title
- Architectural Precedents with Notes and Observations ( Seven Parts Bound in One Volume )
- Author
- Davy C
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Williams, Library of Fine Arts
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1841
- Size
- Large 8vo
- Keywords
- Architecture
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian; Architecture;
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