Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Dover Publications (1980), Edition: New edition, 412 pages
Description
The original edition of The Model Architect (1852-3) is reprinted here with Sloan’s influential designs for pre-Civil War mansions, villas, churches, schoolhouses and other buildings. Over 100 lithographs display the buildings in perspective, with front, rear and side elevations. Plus floor plans, scale drawings, more. 114 plates.
User reviews
LibraryThing member Equestrienne
This book is for cold winter nights by the fireplace. I like to look at the drawings of the elevations; but my favorite thing about this book is to look at the floor plans and do mental updates, adding bathrooms, etc, just as if it were my own fixer-upper project.
Subjects
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
412 p.; 9.75 inches
ISBN
0486240096 / 9780486240091
UPC
800759240098
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