Swan, Abraham.

A collection of designs in architecture : containing new plans and elevations of houses, for general use ; with a great variety of sections of rooms, from a common room, to the most grand and magnificent ; their decorations, viz. bases, surbases, architraves, freezes [sic], and cornices, properly inriched [sic] with foliages, frets and flowers, in a new and grand taste ; with margents and mouldings for the panelling ; all large enough for practice, to which are added curious designs of stone and timber bridges, extending from twenty feet to two hundred and twenty, in one arch ; likewise some screens and pavilions ; in two volumes, each containing sixty plates, curiously engraved on copper ; besides a description of the buildings, and directions for executing most of the designs in letter press / by Abraham Swan.

Philadelphia : Printed by R. Bell Bookseller, 1775.

[2], viii pages, 10 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 39 cm

Architecture, Domestic Designs and plans Early works to 1800.
Architecture domestique Dessins et plans Ouvrages avant 1800.
Architecture, Domestic.

Architectural drawings.
Early works.

American architectural books : based on the Henry-Russell Hitchcock bibliography.

Localisation: Bibliothèque study room microform 63766
Cote: ID87B7159s93
Statut: Disponible