Entrée principale:

Owen, Robert Dale, 1801-1877.

Titre et auteur:

Hints on public architecture : containing, among other illustrations, views and plans of the Smithsonian Institution : together with an appendix relative to building materials / prepared, on behalf of the Building Committee of the Smithsonian Institution, by Robert Dale Owen, chairman of the committee.

Publication:

New-York : George P. Putnam, 155 Broadway, and 142 Strand, London., 1849.

Description:

xvii, [3], 119, [1] pages, 14 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, plan ; 33 cm.

Série(s):

Publication (Smithsonian Institution) ; P

Notes:
With added, engraved title page.
"Typography by E.O. Jenkins. Presswork by C.A. Alvord"--Title page verso.
LC copy incomplete: plate 6 wanting. Frontispiece faces p. 105. Rebound; engraved t.p. repaired; in conservation box.
DLC
Contemporary publishers' binding; green net grain cloth; blocked in gold and blind; upper cover pictorial; spine titled in gold.
8W
Includes bibliographical references.
Hitchcock, H.R. American architectural books, 885
Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 58020
Also issued online.

Ressources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

Sujet:

Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
Public architecture.
Public architecture Pictorial works.
Public architecture Designs and plans.
Architecture Designs and plans.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural.
Public buildings.
Bâtiments publics.
Architecture publique.
Décoration et ornement architecturaux.
Architecture publique Ouvrages illustrés.
Architecture publique Dessins et plans.
Architecture Dessins et plans.
architectural ornament.
architectural drawings (visual works)
Architecture
Buildings
Public facilities.
Washington (D.C.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Washington (D.C.) Constructions.
Washington (D.C.)

Classification/genre:

Architectural drawings
Illustrated works
Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding)
Pictorial cloth bindings (Binding)
Blocked bindings (Binding)
Gold blocked bindings (Binding)

Liaison au document hôte:

Engineering Societies Library Collection (Library of Congress)

Vedettes secondaires:

Putnam, George Palmer, 1814-1872, publisher.
Jenkins, Edward O., printer.
Alvord, Corydon A., approximately 1812-1874, printer.
Smithsonian Institution.
United States New York New York.
England London.
Publication (Smithsonian Institution) ; P.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque cage 29481
Cote: PO5196
Statut: Disponible