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Old homes made new: : being a collection of plans, exterior and interior views, illustrating the alteration and remodelling of several suburban residences. : With explanatory text. / By William M. Woollett, fellow of the American Institute of Architects, author of "Villas and cottages."
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - American Imprints 1878 Woollet
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Woollett, William M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture, Domestic--United States.
- Architecture, Domestic.
- Dwellings--Remodeling.
- Dwellings.
- Physical Description:
- 20, [2], [9] p., [1], 22, leaves of plates : ill., plans ; 18 x 28 cm. (8vo)
- Place of Publication:
- New York: : A.J. Bicknell & Co., 1878.
- Notes:
- First edition.
- Bound in original publisher's green cloth.
- Advertising material [9] p. at end, including chromolithograph ad for Minton's encaustic and paving tiles.
- Includes frontispiece and 22 leaves of plates illustrating before and after views of colonial and federal period houses remade into Victorian dwellings.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum also has copy of 1879 edition.
- Athenaeum copy: With ms. pencil signature on front flyleaf: Mary T. Oakley, Jan. 12. 1897; also with pencil inscription: Return to S.A. Callisen, 410 E. 54 St. Parsons School of Design.
- Cited in:
- Hitchcock, H.R. Amer. architectural books, 1442
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