A Key To Civil Architecture; Or, The Universal Builder

Skaife, Thomas

Published by R. Baldwin, London, 1788

About this Item

387 pages. 21 x 13 cm. Two engraved folding plates of circular staircases and components. Originally published 1774. COLVIN p.739. "advertised himself in "Aris's Birmingham Gazette" as a Surveyor and Builder from London, who proposes drawing Plans, Elevations and Sections.He was a carpenter and joiner by trade." This work presents a detailed discussion of the methods and practices of measuring materials and estimating jobs. Moderate age-toning, portion of second plate professionally repaired and restored in facsimile on old paper, raised bands, spine label printed in gilt, cover border panels decorated in blind. Seller Inventory # 17902

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Key To Civil Architecture; Or, The ...

Publisher: R. Baldwin, London

Publication Date: 1788

Binding: leather_bound

Condition: Modern full brown calf. Fine

Edition: Third edition.