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Creator:
Smith, George, architect
Title(s):
Essay on the construction of cottages suited for the dwellings of the labouring classes : for which the premium was voted by the Highland Society of Scotland : illustrated by working plans of single and combined cottages / by George Smith.
Additional Title(s):
On the construction of cottages.
Published/Created:
Glasgow : Blackie & Son 1834.
Physical Description:
[1], 38, [4] p., [11] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NA7552 S64 1834
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engraved t.p.
BAC: Publisher's advertisements: [4] p. at end.
BAC: Label mounted on cover: Smith. On the construction of cottages. Price 1s.
Illustrations by Wm. Howison; after G[eorge] Smith.
Printed by George Brookman, Glasgow.
Archer 310.1
First architectural treatise to be published in Glasgow. Cf. Archer.
Subject Terms:
Architecture -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
Architecture, Domestic -- Great Britain -- Designs and plans.
Blackie & Son -- Publisher.
Brookman, George. -- Printer.
Cottages -- Great Britain.
Engraving -- Specimens -- 1834.
Working class -- Homes and haunts -- Great Britain.
Contributors:
Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland.
Howison, William, 1798–1850, engraver.
Smith, George, architect, ill.
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