Name/Title
The British architect: or, The builder's treasury of stair-cases. Containing, I. An easier, more intelligible, and expeditious method of drawing the five orders ... II. Likewise stair-cases ... III. Designs of arches, doors, and windows. IV. A great variety of new and curious chimney-pieces ... V. Corbels, shields, and other beautiful decorations. VI. Several useful and necessary rules of carpentry ... The whole being illustrated with upwards of one hundred designs and examples, curiously engraved ... on sixty folio copper-plates. By Abraham Swan, carpenter.Entry/Object ID
NA2517 .S9 1745Description
Volume of Abraham Swan's "The British Architect: or, The Builder's Treasury of Stair-Cases." which was published in London in 1745. Contains an introduction, general descriptions, and 60 plates of illustrated examples (20 pages + 60 plates). The book covers methods of drawing the five orders (including their columns and capitals), staircases, arches, doors, windows, chimney-pieces, corbels, shields, decorations, and rules of carpentry (including the truss'd roof and soffits).
viii, 20 p. LX plates. 41 cm.Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Architecture -- Early works to 1800., Stair building., Staircases.Dimensions
Height
2.4 cmWidth
26 cmLength
41.9 cm
