A collection of designs in architecture : containing new plans and elevations of houses, for general use. : With a great variety of sections of rooms; from a common room, to the most grand and magnificent. Their decoration, viz. bases, surbases, architraves, freezes [sic], and cornices, properly inriched with foliages, frets and flowers, in a new and grand taste. With margins and mouldings for the panelling. All large enough for practice, to which are added curious designs of stone and timber bridges, extending from twenty feet to two hundred and twenty, in one arch. Likewise some screens and pavilions. : In two volumes. Each containing sixty plates, curiously engraved on copper. / Designed, by Abraham Swan, architect: and engraved, by John Norman. ; Vol. I.
| Author/creator | Swan, Abraham |
| Other author | Norman, John, approximately 1748-1817, engraver. |
| Format | Microform |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Printed by R. Bell, next door to St. Paul's Church, in Third-Street, M,DCC,LXXV. [1775] |
| Description | 2 unnumbered pages, viii pages, 10 leaves of plates : illustrations ; (folio) |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 14481 Early American imprints. First series ; no. 14481. ^A478749 |
| General note | No more published? |
| References | Evans 14481 |
| References | Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 3291 |
| Reproduction note | Joyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 14481). |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | NC Microfiche | MICROFICHE AM35E NO. 14481 | ✔ Available |