The British architect, or, The builder's treasury of stair-cases : containing, I. An easier, more intelligible, and expeditious method of drawing the five orders, than has hitherto been published ... II. Likewise stair cases ... III. Designs of arches, doors and windows. IV. A great variety of new and curious chimneypieces ... V. Corbels, shields, and other beautiful decorations. VI. Several useful and necessary rules of carpentry ... / by Abraham Swan.

Main entry:

Swan, Abraham.

Title & Author:

Publication:

Boston : Printed ... by John W. Folson, for John Norman, engraver, 1794.

Description:

12 pages, 60 plates

Notes:
Microfilm. New Haven, Conn. : Research Publications, 1971. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (American architectural books : based on the Henry-Russell Hitchcock bibliography ; reel 93, no. 1249).

Subject:

Stair building.
Architecture Early works to 1800.
Staircases.
Escaliers Construction.
Escaliers.
stairs.
Architecture.

Form/genre:

Early works.

Added entries:

Norman, John, approximately 1748-1817.
American architectural books : based on the Henry-Russell Hitchcock bibliography.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room microform 48396
Call No.: ID87B7159s93 MFM; ID:89-B7445
Status: Available

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