An essay on British cottage architecture : being an attempt to perpetuate on principle that peculiar mode of building which was originally the effect of chance : exemplified by fourteen designs with their ichnography or plans, laid down to scape; comprising dwellings for the peasant and farmer, and retreats for the gentleman; with various observations thereon; the whole extending to twenty-three plates / designed and executed in aqua-tinta by James Malton.
Alternate Title(s):
British cottage architecture
Edition:
Second edition : with two additional plates.
Published / Created:
London : Published by Thomas Malton, No. 103, Long Acre; and to be had at Taylor's Architectural Library, Holborn; At Egerton's Military Library, Whitehall; and at Carpenter's, Bookseller, Old Bond Street, 1804.
Physical Description:
[4], 27, [1] p., 23 leaves of plates : ill. ; 37 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsNA7562 .M3 1804+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
First issued in 1798.Printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street.Ilustrations by and after James Malton.With a preliminary half-title leaf. Halr-title reads: An essay on British cottage architecture. T. Bensley, Printer, Bolt Court.Archer, 197.2British Architectural Library. Early printed books, 1478-1840 2017Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 36BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Bound in blue-grey boards. Drawing in graphic and watercolor (copy of plate 23?) on blue paper tipped in preceding plate 23.
Subject Terms:
Architecture, Domestic -- Great Britain. | Architecture, Domestic -- Designs and plans. | Cottages. | Malton, T. -- Publisher. | Bensley, T. -- Printer. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1804.