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1. Observations on architecture in England ...

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Creator:
Dallaway, James, 1763–1834
Date:
1807-1830
Physical Description:
1 v. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Modern finishings for rooms : a series of designs for vestibules, halls, stair cases, dressing rooms, boudoirs, libraries, and drawing rooms; with their doors, windows, chimney-pieces, and other finishings, to a large scale : and the several mouldings [sic] and cornices at full size : showing their construction and relative proportions : to which are added some designs for villas and porticos : with the rules for drawing the columns, &c. at large : the whole adapted for use and direction of every person engaged in the practical parts of building / engraved on eighty-six plates, from designs by W. F. Pocock, Architect.

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Creator:
Pocock, W. F. (William Fuller), 1779–1849
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
23, [1] p., 86 leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Le propriétaire architecte : contenant des modèles de maisons de ville et de campagne, de fermes, orangeries, portes, puits, fontaines, etc. : ainsi qu'un traité d'architecture et de construction renferment le résumé desnouvelles découvertes relatives aux constructions : ouvrage utile aux architects, aux ingénieurs, aux entrepreneurs et principalement aux personnes qui veulent diriger elles-mêmes leurs ouvriers / dessiné et rédigé par Urbain Vitry ; avec gravures par Hibon.

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Creator:
Vitry, Urbain
Date:
1827
Physical Description:
2 v. in 1 : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Original designs in architecture, by William Thomas ... consisting of twenty-seven copper-plates, in folio; which contain plans, elevations, sections, ceilings and chimney pieces, for villas and town houses; designs for temples, grottos, sepulchres, bridges, &c. in the most approved taste. To which are prefixed, a suitable introduction, and a description, explaining the several designs.

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Creator:
Thomas, William, -1800
Date:
1783
Physical Description:
12 p. XXVII plates. 54 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Observations on English architecture, military, ecclesiastical, and civil, compared with similar buildings on the continent : including a critical itinerary of Oxford and Cambridge : also historical notices of stained glass, ornamental gardening, &c. : with chronological tables and dimensions of cathedral and conventual churches / by the Rev. James Dallaway, M.B. F.S.A.

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Creator:
Dallaway, James, 1763–1834
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
[4], xii, 318, [12], [4] p. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Hints on cottage architecture : being a selection of designs for labourer's cottages, singly, in pairs, and in groups with plans, elevations and estimates .../ by Henry Weaver.

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Creator:
Weaver, Henry
Date:
1848
Physical Description:
9 leaves : chiefly ill., plans ; 30 x 45 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Designs for public and private buildings / by John Soane, Knt. ...

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Creator:
Soane, John, Sir, 1753–1837
Date:
MDCCCXXXII [1832]
Physical Description:
[9], viii-xiv, [4], 61, [1] pages, LVI [i.e. 78] leaves of plates : illustrations, plans ; 47 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. A book of architecture : containing designs of buildings and ornaments / by James Gibbs.

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Creator:
Gibbs, James, 1682–1754
Date:
printed MDCCXXVIII [1728]
Physical Description:
[4], xxviii pages, 150 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 53 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. The new Vitruvius Britannicus : consisting of plans and elevations of modern buildings, public and private, erected in Great Britain by the most celebrated architects : engraved on LXXII plates, from original drawings = Le nouveau Vitruve Britannique; qui comprend les plan et élévations de bâtimens modernes, tant publics que particuliers, érigés dans la Grande Bretagne par les plus célèbres architectes : contenant LXXII planches, gravées d'après des desseins origineaux / by George Richardson, architect.

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Creator:
Richardson, George, ca.1738–ca.1813
Date:
MDCCCII-MDCCCVIII [1802-1808]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illlustrations ; 56 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Architectural drawings / by W. Burges, architect.

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Creator:
Burges, William, 1827–1881
Date:
1870
Physical Description:
[4], 29, [3] pages, 75 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 58 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. The Builder's magazine: or, A universal dictionary for architects, carpenters, masons, bricklayers, &c. ... consisting of designs in architecture in every stile and taste ... together with the plans and sections ... / By a society of architects.

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Date:
MDCC LXXXVIII [1788]
Physical Description:
[4], 345, [1], 100 p., CLXXXV leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., plans ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Plans, and views in perspective, with descriptions, of buildings erected in England and Scotland : and also an essay, to elucidate the Grecian, Roman and Gothic architecture, accompanied with designs / by Robert Mitchell, architect = Plans, descriptions, et vues en perspective, des édifices érigés en Angleterre et en Écosse: suivis d'un essai sur l'architecture greque, romaine et gothique, avec des desseins illustratifs / par Robert Mitchell, architecte.

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Creator:
Mitchell, Robert, active 1800
Date:
1801
Physical Description:
[4], 32 pages, 18 leaves of plates : illustrations, plans ; 54 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. The new builder's magazine : and complete architectural library for architects, surveyors, carpenters, masons, bricklayers, &c. : ... / by Andrew George Cook.

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Creator:
Cook, Andrew George
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
xcv, [5], 106, 423 [i.e. 419] p., [177] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Designs for public and private buildings / by John Soane ...

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Creator:
Soane, John, Sir, 1753–1837
Physical Description:
vi, 36 pages, [1], 54 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 48 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Designs for parsonage houses, alms houses, etc., etc. with examples of gables, and other curious remains of old English architecture. By T. F. Hunt ...

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Creator:
Hunt, Thomas Frederick, 1791–1831
Date:
1827
Physical Description:
vi, [2], 34 p., 21 leaves of plates, including plans : 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Designs for public improvements in London and Westminster / by John Soane ...

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Creator:
Soane, John, Sir, 1753–1837
Date:
MDCCCXXVII [1827]
Physical Description:
[6], 21, [1] pages, 33 [i.e. 34] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 50 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. Architectural recreations : being a sequel to the Geometrical recreations illustrating in an entertaining and familiar manner, the most essential principles of solid geometry and architectural elevations : as also the effect of perspective, light and shadow, by means of cubic sections, figures and diagrams : capable of endless transformations : accompanied by a box containing the cubic sections.

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Date:
1822
Physical Description:
iv, 39 p., [14] leaves : ill.; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. Village architecture, being a series of picturesque designs for the inn, the schoolhouse, almshouses, markethouse, shambles, workhouse, parsonage, townhall, and church: forming a sequel to a work on rural architecture. By P.F. Robinson ... The landscapes drawn on stone by Scarlett Davis and T. Allom.

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Creator:
Robinson, P. F. (Peter Frederick), 1776–1858
Date:
1837
Physical Description:
viii p., 12 leaves. front., 40 plates. 32 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts