London: Published at the Offices of Country Life...New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1921. Read More about English Homes WITH: Period I-Volume 1. Norman and Plantagenet 1066-1485, comprising Period I,...
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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...
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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
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New York: William Hellburn Inc, 15 East 55th Street, (1927). First edition, with original prospectus. Read More about Bridge Architecture: Containing Two Hundred Illustrations of the Notable Bridges of the World,...
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[Philadelphia]: [1786]. First edition. The First Distinctly American Pattern Book. Founded in 1724 as a commercial guild based on the Worshipful Carpenters of London, the Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia (CCCCP) is oldest extant craft guild in America. Designed by renowned Philadelphia architect and CCCCP member..... Read More about Articles of the Carpenters Company of Philadelphia and their Rules of Measuring and Valuing House...
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Paris: Éditions d'Art Charles Moureau, n.d. Printed in the early 1930s, with examples of art deco ironwork by Subes, Schenck et Fils, Poillerat, Bergue, Le Bourgeois, Piguet, Szabo, and others. Read More about La Ferronnerie Moderne. Nouvelle Série
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![Item #310914 The Theory of Perspective Demonstrated [plate volume only]. John Lodge Cowley](/pictures/thumb/310914.jpg?v=1669652956)
[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
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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 Montagnac, Matet..... Read More about Ensembles Mobiliers. Exposition Internationale 1925
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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
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Paris: Éditions d'Art Charles Moureau, 1937. Art deco interior design from the 1937 Exposition Internationalede Paris. Examples of work by Arbus, Lamy, Soubrier, Kahn, Domin et Genevrière, Adnet, Montagnac, Sognot, Dufrène, et al. Read More about Ensembles Mobiliers. Vol. 1
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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
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(Glasgow, Scotland): [William Armstrong Fairburn Manuscript Notebook/ Glasgow University], (1896 - 1897). Original manuscript; naval architect and author William Armstrong Fairburn's lecture notes (in Fairburn's ink holograph, with interleaved original charts and graphs), when he was a student (studying naval architecture) at Glasgow University (1896-1897), specially bound for W. A...... Read More about LECTURES: 1896-1897. W[illiam] A[rmstrong] FAIRBURN/ GLASGOW UNIVERSITY. [Lecture notes, in ink...
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[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
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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
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New York: Geo. E. Woodward, [1870]. American Architect George Harney is perhaps best known for his 11-story Clinton Hall building for the New York Mercantile Library on Astor Place, built in 1891. Read More about Stables, Outbuildings and Fences
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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
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First edition. Presentation Copy to His Wife. Inscribed by the author and famous New York architect (1884-1972) on the flyleaf, to his wife, Beatrice [Sulzberger] Kahn: "To Beatrice - a fine design "Ely Kahn" A unique association copy of an important - and very..... Read More about Design in Art and Industry
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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
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Paris: Librairie Générale de l’Architecture … Ducher & Cie, 1875. First edition. A photographic tour of Chateau de Blois by Séraphin-Médéric Mieusement, a noted French photographer of architectural views. The photographs are reproduced in Woodburytype, a process celebrated for its permanence and clarity. Chateau de Blois was the home of..... Read More about Architecture de la Renaissance: Le Chateau de Blois (Extérieur et Intérieur
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909. First American Edition. Read More about The Decoration and Furniture of English Mansions during the XVII & XVIII Centuries
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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...
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Greenwich, Ct: Smith Building, 19323. published by The House of Hasyden Twiss NY. Read More about A Monograph of Recent Work constructed by Geo. L. White Builder (Edwin Bartels) Associate
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Paris: Éditions Albert Lévy, 1924. Featuring work by Pierre Chareau, Francis Joudain, J. Rhulmann, and Süe et Mare. Read More about Intérieurs – I
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Paris: Éditions Albert Lévy, 1924. Featuring work by Dominique, Maurice Dufrène, René Gabriel, André Groult, Joubert et Petit, Rob. Mallet-Stevens, and F. Nathan. Read More about Intérieurs – II
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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
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London: J. Taylor, 1801. Third edition. An attractive copy of the third edition of this popular builder's manual, first published as The New Carpenter's Guide in 1792. With rare 4-page folio catalogue of architecture books available at Josiah Taylor's Architectural Library, no. 59 High Holborn. Read More about The Carpenter's New Guide: Being a Complete Book of Lines for Carpentry and Joinery …
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