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Subject Terms Swan, Abraham -- Publisher.

1. Designs in carpentry : containing domes, trussed roofs, flooring, trussing of beams, angle-brackets, and cornices / by Abraham Swan.

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Creator:: Swan, Abraham
Date:: 1759
Physical Description:: [1], 8, [55] leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. 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 chimney-pieces ... V. Corbels, shields, and other beautiful decorations. VI. Several useful and necessary rules of carpentry ... The whole being illustrated with upwards of one hundred designs and examples, curiously engraved ... on sixty folio copper-plates / by Abraham Swan.

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Creator:: Swan, Abraham
Date:: 1750
Physical Description:: viii, 20 p., [56] leaves : ill. ; 40 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts