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Detail, Cottage, and Constructive Architecture Containing 75 Large Lithographic Plates. Published under the Direction of A.J. Bicknell, Showing a Great Variety of Designs for Cornices, Brackets, Windows, Window Caps, Doors, Piazzas, Porches, Bay and Dormer Windows, Observatories, Towers, Chimney Tops, Balconies, Canopies, Scrolls, Gable and Sawed Ornaments, Fences, Stairs, Newels, Architraves, Mantels, Plaster Finish, etc. etc. Including 45 Perspectives, Elevations, and Plans of Modern Designs for Cottages with Details and 18 Elevations of Summer Houses, Villas, Sea-Side Cottages, and Country Houses. Together with 14 Designs for Street and Store Fronts, with Inside Finish for Stores and Banks: Also Framing for Dwellings, Barns, Exhibition Buildings, Roofs, Bridges, etc. etc. Making in all a practical Book for Architects, Builders, Carpenters, And all who contemplate building or remodeling Wood, Stone or Brick Buildings. A.J. Bicknell & Co., New York, Printed by Charles Hart, Engraved by L.E. Neumann, 1873, frontispiece, seventy-five plates, adverts, one color advert for Minton encaustic floor tiles, brick pebble cloth, 14 x 11 , folio. In fair condition. Light wear to extremities with minor scuffing at corners and edges. Cloth darkened from age and oxidation. Light soiling overall to surface of cloth. Spine ends slightly crushed with minor fraying and slight loss. Gilt rubbed at spine with abrasions to surface of spine. Fly is improperly folded with non-archival tape repairs. Chipped at edges. Front gutter tender. Bookplate of Maurice Robert Des Marais on front end pastedown. Des Marais was a longtime faculty member in the Department of Architecture at Penn State College of Arts and Architecture and a corporate member of the American Institute of Architects. Old hand ownership on second end page. Textblock has scattered instances of foxing, sometimes moderate with light age staining. Light toning at edges. A few small tears at the margins. Free of known marginalia. All plates present. Binding intact. Mid-gutter tender. Please see photos. An absolutely stunning work of architectural plans indicative of the Eastlake Movement by Amos Jackson Bicknell! Beautiful plates by L.E. Neumann depicting floor plans, windows, stair cases, mantels, summer houses, porches and much more. A treasure trove for any lover of Victorian architecture. Quite scarce. Seller Inventory # RAREA1873DORD
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