The philosophy of domestic economy : as exemplified in the mode of warming, ventilating, washing, drying, & cooking, And in Various Arrangements contirbuting to the Comfort and Convenience of Domestic Life, : adopted in the Derbyshire General Infirmary, and more recently, on a greatly extended scale, in several other public buildings, newly erected in this country : Together with an Explanation of the Principles on which they are performed / the whole illustrated by numerous engravings by W. Lowry ; by Charles Sylvester, engineer.

Main entry:

Sylvester, Charles, author.

Title & Author:

Publication:

Nottingham : Printed by H. Barnett, High Street, ; [London] : and sold by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London, 1819

Description:

2 unnumbered, ix [that is, xi], 1 unnumbered page, 11 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 62 pages, x leaves of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm (folio)

Notes:
Frontispiece: View of the Derbyshire General Infirmary, drawn by Edward Goodwin and engraved by J. Pye.
Signatures: [a-b⁶] c² d² [-d2] B-D² ²B-D² E-R²[-R2]

Subject:

Derbyshire General Infirmary.
Architecture, Domestic Great Britain 19th century.
Dwellings Heating and ventilation Great Britain.
Public buildings Heating and ventilation Great Britain.
Habitations Chauffage et ventilation Grande-Bretagne.
Bâtiments publics Chauffage et ventilation Grande-Bretagne.
Architecture, Domestic
Dwellings Heating and ventilation
Public buildings Heating and ventilation
Great Britain

Form/genre:

architectural drawings (visual works)
Architectural drawings
Princeton copy 1 Half bindings (Binding) NjP
Princeton copy 1 Library copies (Provenance) NjP
Dessins d'architecture.

Added entries:

Lowry, Wilson, 1762-1824, illustrator.
Pye, John, 1745- illustrator.
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, bookseller.
Great Britain England Nottingham,

Holdings:

Location: Library main 41486
Call No.: W6042; ID:89-B1577
Status: Available

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