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Two hundred designs for cottages and villas, etc., etc. : original and selected / by Thomas U. Walter and J. Jay Smith.
Fine Arts Library - Rare Book NA7130 .W3 1846 v.1, 3-4
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Walter, Thomas Ustick, 1804-1887.
- Series:
- Cottage and villa architecture ; no. 1-4.
- Cottage and villa architecture ; no. 1-4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture, Domestic--Designs and plans.
- Architecture, Domestic.
- Cottages.
- Lithography--Metal plate processes--Specimens.
- Lithography.
- Lithography--Metal plate processes.
- Genre:
- Specimens.
- Architectural drawings.
- Physical Description:
- 4 volumes : chiefly illustrations ; 33 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pa. : Carey and Hart, 1846.
- Notes:
- On front cover: "Two hundred designs edited by Thomas U. Walter and J. Jay Smith."
- "By Thomas U. Walter, architect of Girard College, and J. Jay Smith, Librarian of the Philadelphia and Loganian Libraries."--T.p.
- The words "Anastatic Press" are found in the lower left corner of nearly all of the plates in no. 1, and many in no. 3 & 4.
- Front cover has a center illustration of a villa framed by a border made up of 15 smaller illustrations of various contruction details and activities. The back cover contains an advertsiement for this publication.
- Work published as a cheaper alternative to similar design books published in England during the mid-1800s.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Gemmill Family Book Fund.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harold C. Putnam Book Fund.
- OCLC:
- 85837150
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