The Octagon : Dr. William Thornton, architect / drawings and text made under direction of Glenn Brown, F.A.I.A., for the American Institute of Architects.

Main entry:

Brown, Glenn, 1854-1932, author.

Title & Author:

The Octagon : Dr. William Thornton, architect / drawings and text made under direction of Glenn Brown, F.A.I.A., for the American Institute of Architects.

Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : [publisher not identified], [1917?]

Description:

1 portfolio (25, [1] pages, xxx leaves of plates) : illustrations (some color), plans, portraits ; 62 cm

Notes:
Title page numbered plate ii.
Original portfolio has label mounted on front, a smaller facsimile of t.p.
"List of plates" and list of "Half-tones in text" on p. [3].
LC copy 1 has illustrated text, including plates i and ii, bound in plain conservation wrapper, with plates and original portfolio laid loose in box.
DLC
1. The octagon -- an historical sketch -- 2. Doctor William Thornton -- a biographical sketch.

Subject:

Thornton, William, 1759-1828.
Octagon (Washington, D.C.)
Architecture, Domestic Washington (D.C.)
Architecture, Domestic
Washington (D.C.)

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

American Institute of Architects.

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 83746
Call No.: M4931 GF41; ID:85-B11516
Status: Available

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