Essay on the causes of the dry rot in buildings : contained in a series of letters addressed to George Ernest James Wright, Esq. : including some observations on the cure of the dry rot, and on the admission of air into parts of buildings affected by that disease / by John Papworth, architect.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Papworth, John Buonarotti, 1775-1847.

Contributor:

Wright, George Ernest James.

Martin and Margy Meyerson Accession Fund for the Built Environment Collections.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dry-rot.

Wood-decaying fungi.

Wood--Preservation.

Wood.

Penn Provenance:

Hansom, J. A. (autograph)

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, viii pages, 9 unnumbered pages-46 pages ; 24 cm (4to)

Other Title:

Letters on the dry rot in buildings

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for the author, and sold by J. Taylor, 1803.

Notes:

Caption title on p. [9]: Letters on the dry rot in buildings.

Signatures: pi1 A-E⁴ F⁴(-F4) (F4=pi1?).

With a half title on first leaf.

Printed on paper with watermark date 1801.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Accession Fund for the Built Environment Collections.

Penn Libraries copy bound in marbled wrappers with printed label pasted to front wrapper.

OCLC:

81615097