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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Swan, Abraham, The British architect, or, The builder's treasury of stair-cases , 1750

Creator:: Swan, Abraham
Title(s):: 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.
Edition:: Second edition.
Published/Created:: London : Printed for the author: and sold by T. Meighan [etc.] 1750.
Physical Description:: viii, 20 p., [56] leaves : ill. ; 40 cm.
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A N 187
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3573436
Classification:: Books
Notes:: BAC: British Art Center copy in original boards, as issued.
Subject Terms:: Architecture -- Early works to 1800.
Engraving -- Specimens -- 1750.
Stair building.
Staircases.
Swan, Abraham -- Publisher.
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