London: Rudolf Ackermann, 1814. First edition. Fine Early Copy of Ackermann's Oxford. An early copy. The list of plates in vol. I is the first state (it does not list the portraits of Founders; this copy does not include the Founders). Plate 1, vol.1, is mislabeled “History of Cambridge” and..... Read More about A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings

Paris: Nicolas Langlois, 1688. First edition. Surveyer's Handbook. Bullet (1639-1716), "Architecte du Roy," was the author of the often reprinted L'ARCHITECTURE PRATIQUE (1691), which became a standard (v. Fowler, pp. 69-70) for the next 100 years. Bullet's Traité is similarly written in a spirit of pure practicality, treating that branch..... Read More about Traité du Nivellement, contenant la Théorie et la Pratique de cet Art. Avec la Description d'un...

N.p. [Paris?]: 1748. Building Code, Paris 1748. Read More about Les Loix des Bâtiments, suivant la Coutume de Paris, Traitant de ce qui concerne les Servitudes...

Bristol, PA: 1913. Letter from Charles E. Scott, cashier of the Farmers National Bank of Bucks County, concerning an article written by Edward Biddle about the bank's architecture. "The only alteration of the interior was the conversion of the river front parlor into a banking room. A country director several..... Read More about Autograph letter, signed. One page to Edward Biddle, Esq. " I have read with much delight...

probably English: Ca. 1870. Fine Victorian Architectural Watercolor. A skillful rendering, most likely professional, of a portion of a building, probably a school or similar institution. Read More about Architectural rendering in watercolors of a wing of a Victorian gabled brick building, surrounded...

Paris: Auguste Vincent, [1905-1907]. Read More about Le Concours du Grand Prix de Rome en 1905, (1906, 1907) à l'Ecole Nationale & Spéciale des...

Hague: Pierre Gosse & Jean Neaulme, 1730. Nouvelle et Troisième Edition. Architecture Classic “…Best work of its kind yet issued…”. Read More about Cours d’Architecture, qui comprend les ordres de Vignole avec des Commentaires, les figures...

Paris: Alexis Sinjon, 1929. First edition. Read More about L'Ameublement Parisien avant, pendant et après La Révolution

London: Longmans, Green, 1904. First edition. Read More about Style in Furniture

Paris: Éditions d'art Charles Moreau, 1929. Contains images of Art Deco interiors from 1929 designed by Renaudot, Couallier, Enlinger, Jallot, Joubert et Petit, Kohlmann, Leleu, Rou et Guénot, Rapin, and more. Read More about Intérieurs au salon des artistes décorateurs 1929

London: J. Haberkorn, 1761. First edition. Matthew Brettingham was in charge of the building of Holkham from 1734. Here Brettingham does not mention that the original designs of the building and estate of Holkham were drawn up by William Kent, which contribution was explained in a subsequent edition published by..... Read More about The Plans, Elevations and Sections, of Holkham in Norfolk, the Seat of the Late Earl of Leicester

Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith, [1923]. First edition. Read More about The Eighteenth-Century Architecture of Bristol

[Baltimore, Md.?]: May 2, 1815. Mills was the designer of the first Washington Monument in Baltimore. Construction on Baltimore's signature landmark began in 1815 and was completed in 1829 Buchanan began his political career as a member of the Federalist Party, and was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives..... Read More about To R.[obert] Mills, Architect (1781-1855