Practical Exemplar of Architecture, being measured drawings & photographs of examples of architectural details
London: Architectural Press, c. 1907. Binding: Full contemporary light-brown cloth; flat spine with gilt title lettering on brown label., Notes: By 1900 “The Architectural Review” magazine could boast that it was ‘the only magazine in the British Empire dealing with the artistic, as distinguished from the business side, of architecture’, a description that rings true today. The first decade saw a long-running series, The Practical Exemplar of Architecture, with photographs and measured drawings, intended to provide architects and students of construction with a universal pattern book illustrating various architectural styles. , Size: folio (316 x 225mm), Illustration: Profusely illustrated with photogravures. Vol. 1: 112 plates & Vol. 3: 6 embedded in text and 112 plates., Volume: 2 volumes; Vols. 1 and 3, Pages: Pp. vol 1: 1-8, 112 plates; vol 3: 1-8, 112 plates., Category: Book Art, Architecture & Design; Book Plate Books General; Book Europe United Kingdom;. Both volumes carry a Kilham and Hopkins receipt stamp of May 13, 1911. A clean, crisp exemplar. Item #B4969
Binding: Full contemporary light-brown cloth; flat spine with gilt title lettering on brown label., Notes: By 1900 “The Architectural Review” magazine could boast that it was ‘the only magazine in the British Empire dealing with the artistic, as distinguished from the business side, of architecture’, a description that rings true today. The first decade saw a long-running series, The Practical Exemplar of Architecture, with photographs and measured drawings, intended to provide architects and students of construction with a universal pattern book illustrating various architectural styles. , Size: folio (316 x 225mm), Illustration: Profusely illustrated with photogravures. Vol. 1: 112 plates & Vol. 3: 6 embedded in text and 112 plates., Volume: 2 volumes; Vols. 1 and 3, Pages: Pp. vol 1: 1-8, 112 plates; vol 3: 1-8, 112 plates., Category: Book Art, Architecture & Design; Book Plate Books General; Book Europe United Kingdom;.
Price: $375.00