An architectural dictionary : containing a correct nomenclature and derivation of the terms of art with a full display of their technical meaning and application, as used by architects, builders, and workmen ... /
"Plans and elevations of buildings designed by Nicholson are to be found illustrating terms such as 'house,' 'town' and 'university', and the book is as much a pattern-book for builders and a guide for architectural draughtsmen, with lengthy sections on perspective...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Printed by J. Barfield ...,
1812-1819
London : Printed by J. Barfield, Wardour-Street, printer by His Royal Highness The Prince Regent, 1819 London : Printed by J. Barfield, 1819 London, 1819 London : 1819 |
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| Summary: | "Plans and elevations of buildings designed by Nicholson are to be found illustrating terms such as 'house,' 'town' and 'university', and the book is as much a pattern-book for builders and a guide for architectural draughtsmen, with lengthy sections on perspective and projection, as it is a straight dictionary of architectural terms."--British Architectural Library |
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| Item Description: | Copy lacks list of subscribers Engravings by Cosmo Armstrong, Richard Roffe, Wilson Lowry, J. Taylor, Isaac Taylor, James Davis, George Gladwin and J. Bacon; after Peter Nicholson and M.A. Nicholson Includes index Originally published in 26 parts, 1812-1819 This Yale-originated record is shareable under Creative Commons license CC0 "In two volumes." "List of subscribers": pages v-viii |
| Physical Description: | 2 v. (xlvi, 475, [1], 260; [2], 261-913, [1] p., [281] plates) : ill. ; 28 cm 2 v. : plates, plans, diagrs. ; 28 cm 2 volumes (viii, 475, 913, ix-xlvi pages) plates, plans, diagrams 28 cm 2 volumes : plates, plans, diagrams ; 28 cm 3 v., [281] leaves of plates : ill., plans ; 29 cm |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain -- England -- London |