Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Smith, George, architect
Title:
Essay on the construction of cottages suited for the dwellings of the labouring classes : for which the premium was voted by the Highland Society of Scotland : illustrated by working plans of single and combined cottages / by George Smith.
Alternate Title(s):
On the construction of cottages.
Published / Created:
Glasgow : Blackie & Son 1834.
Physical Description:
[1], 38, [4] p., [11] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NA7552 S64 1834
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engraved t.p.

BAC: Publisher's advertisements: [4] p. at end.

BAC: Label mounted on cover: Smith. On the construction of cottages. Price 1s.

Illustrations by Wm. Howison; after G[eorge] Smith.

Printed by George Brookman, Glasgow.

Archer 310.1

First architectural treatise to be published in Glasgow. Cf. Archer.
Subject Terms:
Architecture, Domestic -- Great Britain -- Designs and plans. | Cottages -- Great Britain. | Working class -- Homes and haunts -- Great Britain. | Architecture -- Great Britain -- 19th century. | Blackie & Son -- Publisher. | Brookman, George. -- Printer. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1834.
Contributors:
Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland. | Howison, William, 1798–1850, engraver. | Smith, George, architect, ill.