Specifications for Practical Architecture, Preceeded by an Essay on the Decline of Excellence in the Structure and in the Science of Modern English Buildings, with the Proposal of Remedies for Those Defects.

Bartholomew, Alfred

Published by John Williams, London, 1846

About this Item

Contemporary half leather gilt with marbled boards and marbled eps/edges. Upper board detached, included. Spine ends worn, small loss of leather mid spine, slight scattered interior foxing. [746] pages, illustrations, errata, index. "With one hundred and sixty demonstrations, engraved on wood by R. Hart." Frontis, illustrated title page, illustrated title verso. Quite nice but for the detached board. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Seller Inventory # 55813

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Specifications for Practical Architecture, Preceeded by an Essay on the Decline of Excellence in the Structure and in the Science of Modern English Buildings, with the Proposal of Remedies for Those Defects.
• Publisher: John Williams, London
• Publication Date: 1846
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Condition: Good+