Sloan's Constructive Architecture; A Guide to the Practical Builder and Mechanic. In Which Is Contained A Series Of Designs For Domes, Roofs And Spires, etc..

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1866. Second edition. Hardcover. Orig. publisher's cloth with front cover gilt decoration bright and clean. Very good. 148 pages. 30 x 24 cm. Sixty-six plates, most of which are colored lithographs, and one, a large fold-out [uncolored]. Glossary. Geometrical Definitions. The second edition is identical to the first, published in 1859. KARPEL B295. "Before this work appeared in 1859, the standards for carpentry and building construction were largely set by foreign publications, most notably those of Peter Nicholson and Thomas Tredgold. Sloan filled a great need by documenting current American developments, many of which have made contemporary European practices obsolete. He covers domes, roofs, spheres, carpentry, joinery, and the five orders. HITCHCOCK 1198. Wear to backstrip extremities with slight loss, lower corners rubbed. Interior contents, text and images sharp and bright.