Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Swan, Abraham
Title:
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 decorations, viz. bases, surbases, architraves, freezes, and cornices, properly inriched with foliages, frets and flowers, in a new and grand taste. With margents and mouldings for the panelling: all large enough for practice. To which are added, curious designs of stone and timber bridges ... Likewise some screens and pavilions ... By Abraham Swan, architect ...
Published / Created:
London, Printed for and sold by Robert Sayer [ca. 1768]
Physical Description:
2 v. in 1. 125 plates. 44 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BAC : Advertisements: [4] p. at end.
Subject Terms:
Architecture, Domestic -- Designs and plans. | Architecture -- Details. | Bridges -- Design and construction.