The Student's Instructor in Drawing and Working the Five Orders of Architecture explaining the method for striking mouldings; diminishing columns and capitals; finding the true diameter of an order to any given height; striking the ionic volute, etc. with finished examples on a large scale engraved on forty-one plates A New Edition c1845

Nicholson, Peter

Published by M. Taylor no date (1845), London, 1845

About this Item

Illustrated treatise containing a complete development of the methods of drawing and working the five orders; 41 engravings including some gate-fold; the New Edition, undated but OCLC states 1845; some pencil annotations, and modifications to some illustrations; former owner's inscription to title page, some pages with heavy tanning, scattered foxing throughout, and with dampstain to edges of some pages, o.w. Good; boards sunned to edges and spine, mild wear along spine. no dustwrapper. 86pp. 8vo. Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Student's Instructor in Drawing and Working the Five Orders of Architecture explaining the method for striking mouldings; diminishing columns and capitals; finding the true diameter of an order to any given height; striking the ionic volute, etc. with finished examples on a large scale engraved on forty-one plates A New Edition c1845
• Publisher: M. Taylor no date (1845), London
• Publication Date: 1845
• Binding: hardbound
• Illustrator: b&w illustrations
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 1 kilogram
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture