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...

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

Milan: Eliot, Calzolari & Ferrario, [1895]. Probably done as an advertisement for the Architectural firm that built the Villa. Read More about Il Villino Vonwiller in Milano (via Antonio Beretta, 8) 1892-1895

[London: J. Bennett, 1765]. With Folding Plates in Two States. The plates, printed in two states on vellum and card, to illustrate John Lodge Cowley's The Theory of Perspective Demonstrated, which was printed in London in editions in 1765 and 1766. Both editions are rare. Cowley also used folding plates..... Read More about The Theory of Perspective Demonstrated [plate volume only

Paris: Editeur Charles Moureau, 1925. Art deco interior design from the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, the World's Fair of design – the first since the War – and the exhibition that defined Art Deco (an abbreviation of Art Décoratifs). Examples of work by Ruhlmann, Englinger..... Read More about Ensembles Mobiliers. Exposition Internationale 1925. 2eme Serie

Edinburgh: Thomas C. Jack, [n.d., circa 1860]. Wilson, Daniel. With a folding frontispiece bird's-eye view of Edinburgh in 1647. Read More about Memorials of Edinburgh in Olden Times

[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]: n.d. [after 1891]. Clayton: The Frick Family Home. "Henry Clay Frick and his wife, Adelaide Howard Childs, purchased Clayton in August 1882 for $25,000. At the time the house was considerably smaller, an 11-room, Italianate-style building on a 1.43-acre parcel of land. The home fronted Penn Avenue in..... Read More about Photograph of "CLAYTON", the Frick family mansion in Pittsburgh

1915. "Alfred M. Githens was born in Philadelphia and attended the Episcopal Academy before receiving his B.S. in Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania in 1896. He then attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts while working as a draftsman for Cope & Stewardson during the years 1896-1901. In..... Read More about 3 pen and ink drawings of Interiors for House & Garden, 1915

18th Century. Depicting large central hall ( 49 x 41 feet), flanked by two wings, one containing the greenhouse, the other the kitchen and scullery. Read More about Ink and watercolor rendering of an English manor house, with detailed plan of first floor

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1908. First edition. A splendid and valuable book, infour Chapter entitled: The Italian Villas; The FrenchChateaux; The English Places; and TheAmerican Places. Included are Villa Castello, Villa Lante, Villa d'Este, Villa Medici, Chaumont, Chantilly, Versailles, Clevendon, Chatsworth, Batsford Park, Longfellow Place, Biltmore, Faulkner Farms..... Read More about Country Residences in Europe and America

London: J. Taylor, 1811. First edition. An important work on the origins of the Gothic style in England. Read More about A Treatise on the Ecclesiastical Architecture of England, During the Middle Ages, with Ten...

Paris: Éditions Albert Lévy, 1924. Featuring work by Pierre Chareau, Francis Joudain, J. Rhulmann, and Süe et Mare. Read More about Intérieurs – I

Paris: Éditions Albert Lévy, 1925. Featuring work by Djo Bourgeois, Mme Chauchet-Guilleré, André Fréchet, M. Guillemard, René Herbst, E. Kohlmann, M. Matet, and Lucie Renaudot. Read More about Intérieurs – III