Villas and cottages : a series of designs prepared for execution in the United States / by Calvert Vaux, architect, late Downing & Vaux, Newburgh on the Hudson.

Main entry:

Vaux, Calvert, 1824-1895.

Title & Author:

Villas and cottages : a series of designs prepared for execution in the United States / by Calvert Vaux, architect, late Downing & Vaux, Newburgh on the Hudson.

Publication:

New York : Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1857.

Description:

318 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (1 color), plans ; 24 cm

Notes:
Engraved half-title.
"Illustrated by 300 engravings."
Includes designs by A.J. Downing and F.C. Withers.
Some of the engravings are signed by Anderson.

Summary:

[Abstract or bookseller's description].

Subject:

Architecture, Domestic United States.
Architecture, Domestic Designs and plans.
Architecture domestique Dessins et plans.
Architecture domestique États-Unis.
Architecture, Domestic
United States

Form/genre:

architectural drawings (visual works)
Architectural drawings
Wood engravings 1857.
Chromolithographs 1857.
Dessins d'architecture.

Host item:

Engineering Societies Library Collection (Library of Congress)

Added entries:

Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852.
Withers, Frederick Clarke, 1828-1901.
Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 43632
Call No.: W9315; ID:89-B3342
Status: Available

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