Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Robson, Robert
Title:
The mason's, bricklayer's, plasterer's, and decorator's practical guide : containing a complete elucidation of those arts as practised at the present time : with suggestions and improvements in constructive and ornamental masonry : with examples of foundations, domes, lighthouses, bridges, walls, vaulting, arches, doorways, windows, etc. etc.; : also a series of practical designs for cemetery monuments, tomb & head-stones, wall-tablets, &c. / edited by Robert Robson ; assisted by eminent architects & builders
Published / Created:
London : James Hagger, [1859-62]
Physical Description:
iv, [1], 266 p., [92] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hilda Lease Jay
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BAC : British Art Center has two copies. Copy 1 is imperfect: plate 15 wanting. In this copy, plate numbers 3, 30, and 35 have been assigned twice, although the "List of plates" only calls for a single plate bearing each number.
Subject Terms:
Building -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Haggar, James -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:
Engravings -- [1859-1862]. | Lithographs -- [1859-1862]. | Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- [1859-1862].
Contributors:
Brand, D., engraver. | Jobbins, John Richard, -1866, engraver. | Weiss, H., engraver. | Robson, Robert, engraver. | Brooks, S.H., engraver. | Brookes, S., engraver. | Ruddle, Daniel, engraver. | Gascoyne, J., engraver. | A.M.Q., engraver. | Blackburne, E. L., engraver. | W. H., engraver. | E. L., eng. | Tarbuck, engraver. | Fox, G.E., engraver.