American Houses: A Variety Of Original Designs For Rural Buildings. Illustrated By Twenty-Six Colored Engravings, With Descriptive References

SAMUEL SLOAN

Publication: Henry Carey Baird, 1861, Philadelphia

First edition. 8vo. Half leather and marbled paper, complete with title page, copyright page, 2-page preface, and 73 pages; 26 chromolithographs providing 16 designs and floor plans with descriptive text on the page facing the design; no publisher's catalog at the end. Rebound in half leather with marbled boards Two very old and small library stamps and small piece of tape at the top of the copyright page. Sloan was a Philadelphia architect and best-selling architectural author in the 19th century. These designs include Gothic, Italianate and English villas and cottages, a Gothic church, prairie cottage, etc .Lightly toned pages with some dust soiling and occasional finger smudges to the margins, else a very good copy.

Inventory Number: 45178