The British architect: or, The builder's treasury of staircases.
Containing, I. An easier, more intelligible, and expeditious method of drawing the five orders, than has hiterto been published ... II. Likewise stair-cases ... III. Designs of arches, doors, and windows. IV. A great variety of new and curious chimney-pieces ... V. Corbels, shields, and other beautiful decorations. VI. Several useful and necessary rules of carpentry ... The whole being illustrated with upwards of one hundred designs and examples, curiously engraved ... on sixty folio copper-plates.
By Abraham Swan ...

Description

Main Author

Swan, Abraham.

Language(s)

English

Published

London, Printed for the author: and sold by T. Meighan [etc.] MDCCL.

Edition

The 2d ed.

Subjects

Staircases.
Stair building.
Architecture > Architecture / Early works to 1800.

Note

Environ Dsgn fNA2515.S88 1750: ENVI Rare

Physical Description

viii, 20 p. plates, digars. 40 cm.

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