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The Modern Architect ; Or, Every Carpenter His Own Master Embracing Plans, Elevtions, Specifications, Framing Etc. for Private Houses, Classic Dwellings, Churches Etc.
de Shaw, Edward
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Illustrated with engraved frontis and 64 engraved plates. [7]-128 pp. 4to, original publisher's binding of embossed leather with gilt vignette by William Wilson of carpenters and an architect in the foreground and buildings in the background, gilt decorated spine, spine rubbed, owner's stamp to ffep, some browning to frontis piece, spotting to tissue guards and to some plates but mostly confined to margins or light spotting, on the whole very good.
A handsome edition of Shaw's work on architectural elements. Edward Shaw was a prominent civil engineer and influential architect working in Boston during the mid 1800's . He designed various townhouses in Boston, including the Adam Wallace Thaxer, Jr. house on Beacon Hill. Shaw published five notable on architecture and structural materials.
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- Webster's Fine Books & Maps, ABAC, ILAB
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- B1623
- Título
- The Modern Architect ; Or, Every Carpenter His Own Master Embracing Plans, Elevtions, Specifications, Framing Etc. for Private Houses, Classic Dwellings, Churches Etc.
- Autor
- Shaw, Edward
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- Wentworth and Company
- Lugar de publicación
- Boston
- Fecha de publicación
- 1856
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- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- Architecture, Boston, Churches, Buildings, Engineering, Beacon Hill
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Webster's Fine Books & Maps, ABAC, ILAB
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Port Hope, Ontario
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
