‎SLOAN Samuel :‎
‎The Model Architect. A series of original designs for cottages, villas, suburban residences, etc. accompanied by explanations, specifications, estimates and elaborate details...ONLY VOLUME ONE (of two)‎

‎16. Philadelphia, E.S. Jones, 1852 (first edition), in-folio, 36 x 28 cm, coloured lithographic frontispiece + title + 104 pp + (2) + 113 lithographic plates. Plate IX misnumbered as XI, Plate XI not called for in the text, 1 unnumbered plate plate bound after LXXVI. Contemporary half leather, marbled boards and edges, flyleaves foxed but interior very fine, plates without stains. (Unfortunately ONLY VOLUME ONE - of two). The Philadelphian architect Samuel Sloan (1815-1884) designed Bartram Hall, Joseph Harrison Town Mansion and other fine buildings in Philadelphia. His Model Architect was a highly influential book. The litho plates were printed by P.S. Duval , one of the finest 19th century American lithographers..‎

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