nected with Draining, Navigation, Gas Works, Mills, Engines, &c. 61 Plates, some folding. 4to. London, 1840. $10.00 BREES, S. C. The Illustrated Glossary of Practical Architecture and Civil Engineering. Comprising the Theory and Modern Practice, with the subjects of Office and Field Work, the Steam Engine, Mechanical Engineering, Surveying, Leveling, and the Use of Instruments, Mining, Quarrying, Manufacture of Iron, Bricks, Lime and Cements, Carpentry, Joinery, Brick-laying and Masonry, Slating, Painting and Glazing, Building, &c. Many Wood Engravings. 8vo. London, 1852. $3.50 BRITTON, JOHN. Chronological History and graphic Illustrations of Christian Architecture in England. 86 fine Plates. 4to, half morocco, gilt top. London, 1826. $14.00 BROOKS, S. H. Select Designs for Public Buildings. Consisting of Plans, Elevations, Views, Sections, and Details of Churches, Chapels, Schools, Almshouse, Markets, Gas Works, &c., &c., 90 Plates. 4to. London, 1842. $7.50 BROWN, RICHARD. 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Including the orders during the British, Roman, Saxon, and Norman Eras, and under the Reigns of Henry III and Edward III. With Notes and Indexes by John Britton. 109 folio Plates of Illustrations. Folio, newly bound, half morocco, gilt top. London, 1795-1845. $25.00 CARTER. Specimens of Ancient Sculpture and Painting in England. Contains an immense number of fine Engravings, many colored by hand. Folio, 2 vols. in 1, half morocco, gilt top. $30.00 CATALOGUE OF LAMPS, GAS FIXtures, &c. Illustrated. 4to. New York, 1856. $0.50 that admired style. Including Plans, Sections, Elevations, and Details. With an account of each building and its parts. 4to, half calf. Good second-hand copy. London, 1839. $8.50 CAVELER, W. Architectural Illustrations of Warmington Church, Northamptonshire. Consisting of Elevations, Sections, and Details. 19 Plates. Folio. Oxford, Parker, 1850. $7.50 CHEVREUL. 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Comprising a variety of designs in the present taste for gates, piers, balcony railings, window guards, verandas, balustrades, vases, &c. Folio. London. $475 COTTINGHAM, L. N. Ornamental Metal Worker's Director. Comprising designs for gates, piers, balcony railings, window guards, verandas, $4.75 vases, &c. Folio. London. COTTINGHAM, L. N. Plans, Elevations, Sections, Details, and Views of the Magnificent Chapel of Henry VII, at Westminster Abbey, with a history of its Foundation. 2 vols., foliu, half calf. London, Weale, 1822. $18.00 CRANSTON, J. Elevations, Sections, and Details of the Chapel of St. Bartholomew, near Oxford. (Published for the Architectural Society.) 9 Plates. Folio, sewed. Oxford, 1844. $2.50 Exhibiting the details, &c., of an example of the "Perpendicular Style." CUMMINGS' AND MILLER'S ARCHItecture. Designs for Street Fronts, Suburban Houses and Cottages. Including details for both exterior and interior of the above classes of buildings. Comprising 382 Designs and 714 Illustrations. 4to. Troy. $6.50 One plate loose. DALLAWAY, J. A Series of Discourses upon Architecture in England from the Norman Era to the close of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. With an Appendix of Notes and Illustrations, and an Historical Account of Master and Free Masons. 8vo. London, 1833. $2.50 DODSWORTH, WILLIAM. An Historical DOLLMAN, F. T. Examples of Ancient Pul- ture. $3.00 DOWNING, A. J. The Architecture of Country Houses, including Designs for Cottages, Farm Houses, and Villas. With Remarks on Interiors, Furniture, and the best modes of Warming and Ventilating. With 320 Illustrations. 8vo. New York, 1850. $3.75 DUNLAP, WILLIAM. History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States. 2 vols., 8vo, boards. New York, 1834. $20.00 Very scarce. FAIRBAIRN, W. On the Application of Cast and Wrought Iron to Building Purposes. 8vo. New York, 1854. $1.50 FAIRHOLT, F. W. Miscellanea Graphica. Representations of Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance in possession of Lord Londesborough. Numerous fine Plates, some nicely colored (suitable designs and suggestions for designers, jewelers, and engravers). 4to. London, 1856. $14.00 FAULKNER, T. A Series of Designs for Mural Monuments, Tombs, and Tablets. 31 Plates of useful designs. 4to. London. $4.00 FERGUSON. An Historical Inquiry into the True Principles of Beauty in Art, more especially with reference to Architecture. Royal 8vo. London, 1849. $10.00 A fine work, now scarce. FERREY, B. Recollections of A. N. Welby Pugin, and his Father, Augustus Pugin. With Notices of their Works. Illustrated with Portraits, Views, and numerous Woodcuts. 8vo. London, 1861. $2.50 FIELD, G. The Rudiments of Colours and Colouring. With the Nature of Pigments for the Revised use of Decorative Artists, Painters, &c. and in part re-written by R. Mallet. 12mo. London, 1870. $1.75 FIELD, M. City Architecture, or Designs. for Dwelling Houses, Stores, Hotels, &c. In 20. Plates. With Descriptions, and an Essay on the Principles of Design. Royal 8vo. New York 1853. $3.00 FINDEN. Gallery of Beauty, or Court of Victoria. 17 fine Steel Engravings. Folio. London. $4.00 FOX, LADY MARY. The Country House. With Designs. 4to. London, Murray. $4.00 Privately printed. A very pretty book, with woodcut Vignettes, and four lithographic Plates. FREEMAN, EDWARD A. An Essay on the origin and development of Window Tracery in England. Nearly 400 Illustrations. Oxford, 1851. $2.50 FREEMAN, E. A. A History of Architect8vo. London, 1849. ure. $2.00 GIBBS, JOHN. A Series of Designs for Gothic Monuments, Church-Yard Crosses, Sepulchral Slabs, and Head Crosses. 4to. London, 1852. $2.50 GODWIN, GEORGE. The Churches of London. A History and Description. With Biographical Anecdotes of eminent Persons, Notices of remarkable Monuments, &c. Illustrated by numerous Plates. London, Weale, 1839. GREAVES, JOHN. Pyramidographia, or a Description of the Pyramids in Egypt. 12mo, old calf. 1646. $1.00 GRIFFITH. A Treatise on Marine and Naval Architecture, or Theory and Practice blended in Shipbuilding. Over 50 Engravings. 4to. New York, 1851. $6.00 GRUNER'S ITALIAN FRESCO PAINTings, Fresco Decorations, and Stuccoes of Churches and Palaces in Italy during the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries. A splendid volume. Imp. folio. 55 large and interesting Engravings, after original Paintings of Raphael, Giulio Romano, Giovanni da Udine, Beldassaer Perruzzi, Sebastian del Piombo,Correggio, Morretto, Ambrogio da Fassano, Bramanrino, Bernardino, Luini, Pinturicchio, &c. Several elaborately finished in colours, and coloured key-plates are given to show the colouring of the rest; with a 4to volume of text. 2 vols. (Pub. £7.75.) GRUNER'S SPECIMENS OF $40.00 ORNA mental Art. Selected from the best Models of the Classical Epochs (Raphael, &c.) 80 very large Plates, most of which are splendidly executed in gold and colours. With a volume of Descriptions. Atlas folio. $80.00 GUILBERT, E. The House of Washington Irving. 7 fine photographic Views and Portrait. Folio, new. (Pub. at $10.00.) New York, 1867. $4.00 GWILT, J. The Architecture of Vitruvius. Fine Plates. Imp. 8vo. London, 1826. $3.50 GWILT'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ARCHItecture. More than one thousand Engravings on Wood, Large 8vo, half calf. London, 1842. $6.50 ECCLESI$0.50 Theoretical and Practical Mechanics. 8vo. London, Weale, 1848. $1.75 HASKOLL, W. D. The Assistant Engineer's Railway Guide in Boring, Stumping, and Nicking out Centre Lines and Curves, setting out Slopes and Foundations of Works, Masonry, Brick-work, Tables, &c. 60 Woodcuts. 8vo. London, 1846. $6.00 HAY, D. R. A Nomenclature of Colors. Applicable to the Arts and Natural Sciences, to Manufactures, and other purposes of general utility. 8vo. London, 1846. HANDBOOK OF ENGLISH ology. 18mo. London, 1847. HANN, JAMES. г $17.50 A very important work, with 40 plates, explanatory of the laws, gradations, &c., of color. HAY, D. R. First Principles of Symmetrical $2.75 HUMPHREYS. The Illuminated Books of Folio. $6.00 the Middle Ages. A fragment of the work. 3 beautiful specimens in gold and colors. London. ILLUMINATED CALENDAR for 1858. Containing numerous suggestive Plates for the Illuminator, being fac-simile reproductions of old Missals. Pages loose in the binding. 8vo, fancy boards. London. $2.00 JACKSON, G. Papier Maché Ornaments. A series of Illustrations adapted to all the requirements of interior decoration of mansions, churches, theatres, and every varied demand of the architect, builder, decorator, and the trade in general. Folio. London, Weale. $7.50 JARVIS, J. J. Art Hints. Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting. 12mo. New York, 1855. $1.00 nament. JONES, OWEN. Examples of Chinese Or100 beautiful Plates in rich colors, executed in chromo-lithography, comprising nearly 1,000 objects in the South Kensington Museum and other collections. Imp. 4to, cloth, extra, gilt edges. 1867. $16.00 JONES, OWEN. One Thousand and One Initial Letters most beautifully illuminated and designed by Owen Jones. Folio, gilt edges London, Day & Son, 1864. $11.00 JONES, OWEN. The Grammar of Ornament. A portion of the work, containing 54 out of 112 Beautifully colored Plates. $7.50 JONES, OWEN. The Grammar of Ornament. 112 large Plates. Small folio, gilt edges. $28.00 A text book of ornamentation which every Decorative Artist or Designer should hasten to possess. KENNION, J. W. The Architect and Builder's Guide. An elaborate description of all the Public, Commercial, Philanthropic, Literary, and Ecclesiastical Buildings erected or about to be erected in New York and its environs. 8vo. New York, 1868. $3.00 KING, C. W. The Natural History, Ancient and Modern, of the Precious Metals. Royal 8vo. London, 1865. $8.00 KNIGHT, C. structor for Engineers. Comprising Forging, Planing, Lining, Slotting. Shaping, Turning, Screw Cutting, &c. 96 Plates. 4to, half morocco. London, 1869. $6.00 The Mechanician and Con KNIGHT, H. G. An Architectural Tour in Normandy. With Remarks on Norman Architecture. 12mo, boards. London, 1841. $1.00 KNIGHT'S UNIQUE FANCY ORNAments. 30 Steel Plates. Adapted for Engravers' use. 4to, binding loose. London, 1850 $6.00 KNIGHT. Vases and Ornaments. Designed for the use of Architects, Silversmiths, Jewelers, Modellers, Chasers, Die Sinkers, Founders, Carvers, and all ornamental manufacturers. $6.00 LA CROIX. The Arts in the Middle Ages, and in the Period of the Renaissance. Illustrated with 19 Chromo Lithographs and 400 fine Wood Engravings. 8vo. New York, 1870. $10.00 A splendid work-plates manufactured in France, text in England, and title-page in America. $1.25 LANGLOIS, E. H. Notice sur l'incendie de la Cathédrale de Rouen. Several Plates of Views and Plans. 8vo, boards. Rouen, 1823. $2.00 LARDNER, B. The Steam Engine familiarly Explained and Illustrated. 12 Plates. 8vo. Philadelphia, 1838. LAWFORD. The Cabinet of Practical, Useful, and Decorative Furniture Designs. 415 Designs. Folio. London. $11.00 LEWIS and BLAKE. Outlines from the Ancients. Figures and Basso Relievos, chiefly inedited Monuments of Greek and Roman Sculp81 Plates. London. (Pub. at £2 12s. 6d.) ture. $3.00 LUINA. Lo Scaffale, or Presses in the Sacristy of the Church of Santa Maria Delle Grazie, at Milan. Fine Colored Plates. Folio. London, 1860. $7.00 Useful to a decorator. MACHINERY. A Collection of Drawings in Detail of the most approved construction of American Machinery. With Descriptions, Calculations, and Specifications. By the American Engineering ! Society of New York. 17 large Plates. Folio, binding loose. $5.00 MACKENZIE. The Architectural Antiquities of the Collegiate Chapel of St. Stephen, Westminster, the late House of Commons. Drawn from actual survey and admeasurements made by royal commissioners. Accompanied by observations. 19 magnificent Steel Plates. Elephant $25.00 folio, half morocco. London, 1844. The nomenclature of folios is exhausted at elephant, but this is a super-colossal folio, and would form a good corner-stone for an American country church. We sell it cheap for want of its room. MALIPHANT, G. Designs for Sepulchral Monuments, Mural Tablets, &c. 31 Plates. 4to. London, 1852. $3.00 MASON, G. C. The Application of Art to Manufactures. 150 Illustrations. 12mo. New York, 1858. $1.50 We should do our utmost to encourage the beautiful, for the useful encourages itself.-MOTTO, MAYNARD, H. N. The Viaduct Works' Handbook: being a collection of examples from actual practice of Viaducts, Bridges, Roofs, and other Structures in Iron; together with Tables of Prices, Weights, and other information useful tc Engineers in Designing and Estimating Wrought and Cast Iron Works. Royal 8vo. London, 1868. $2.75 MERRIFIELD, Mrs. The Art of Fresco Painting as Practised by the Old Italian and Spanish Masters, with an inquiry into the Nature of the Colors used in Fresco Painting. 8vo. London, 1846. $150 MEYRICK and Skelton. A Critical Inquiry into Ancient Armor as it existed in Europe, particularly in Great Britain, from the Norman Conquest to the Reign of King Charles II. Illustrated by a magnificent Series of Illuminated Plates. 5 vols., folio, newly bound, half morocco, gilt edges. London, 1842. $100.00 Truly a regal book. MIDDLETON, C. Designs for Gates and Rails suitable to Parks, Pleasure Grounds, Balconies, &c. Also some Designs for Trellis Work. 27 Plates. 8vo London. $2.50 MILLINGTON. Elements of Civil Engineering. Plates, containing 273 Figures, Thick 8vo, sheep. Philadelphia, 1839. $1.75 MUDIE, ROBERT. The Surveyor, Engineer, and Architect for 1840. 4to, paper. London. $1.50 NASH. Studies from Old English Mansions, their Furniture, Gold, and Silver. Plate, &c. 4 vols., folio, half morocco. London, 1848. $60.00 A very handsome illustrated book, embracing a large number of colored lithographic plates. NASH. Mansions of England in the Olden Time. 25 Plates. Views of exteriors and interiors. Folio, new. Vol. I all published of the new $7.50 edition. London, 1869. NATURE AND ART. An entertaining and popular Art Work. Illustrated by many beautiful Chromos executed by Day & Son. Containing a large amount of practical Instruction for Artists, $7.50 Essays on various Subjects. 8vo. 1869. NEAL and LE KEUX'S VIEWS of the most interesting Collegiate and Parochial Churches of Great Britain, including Screens, Fonts, MonuWith Historical and Architectural ments, &c. Descriptions. Containing 98 beautiful Engravings India Proofs. 2 vols., 4to, large paper, half bound, morocco, uncut, top edges gilt. Lon$18.50 don, 1824. (Pub, at £10 unbound.( This is a desirable accompaniment to Neale's Seats. NEALE and BRAYLEY. The History and Antiquities of Westminster Abbey. Including Notices and Biographical Memoirs of the Abbots and Deans of that Foundation. Numerous splendid Portraits and Views of the interior and exterior of the Abbey. 2 vols., folio, Russia extra, gilt edges. London, 1816. $40.00 NICHOLSON, PETER. The Principles of Architecture. Containing the Fundamental Rules of the Art in Geometry, Arithmetic, and Mensuration, with the Application of those Rules to Practice. The True Method of Drawing the Iconography and Orthography of Objects, Geometrical Rules for Shadows; also, the Five Orders of Architecture. With a great variety of beauti NICHOLSON'S ful Examples selected from the Antique; and many useful and elegant ornaments, with Rules for projecting them. Illustrated with 218 Copper Plates. 3 vols., 8vo. London, 1836. $6.50 NEW CARPENTER'S Guide. Being a complete Book of Lines for Carpenters, Joiners, Cabinet Makers, and Workmen in general. Enlarged and Improved by John Hay. 120 pages of plates. 4to, half russia. New $10.00 copy. London. NICHOLSON. A Treatise on the Construction of Staircases and Handrails. Showing Plans and Elevations, Methods of projecting the twist and scroll of the handrail, an expeditious method of squaring the rail, &c., &c. With Problems. 39 Plates. 4to. London, 1847. $3.50 OKELY. Development of Christian Architecture in Italy. 16 Plates. 8vo. London, 1860. $300 ORIGINAL DESIGNS for English Cottages. Containing Views, Elevations, Plans, and all detail drawings, Bills of Quantities, Specifications, &c. Being healthy houses for the working man. 24 Plates. Folio. (Pub. at £1 15.) London, 1866. $2.75 OXFORD. A History of the University of. Its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings. Illustrated with numerous fine Views, Portraits, &c, carefully colored by hand. 2 vols, 4to, Russia. London, 1814 $28.50 A fine book-cheap at the price. PARKER, J. H. Architectural Notices of the Churches of Northampton. 8vo. Lond., 1849. A beautifully illustrated book, fine steel plates and very numerous woodcut vignettes. PARKER, J. H. A Glossary of Terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic ArchiIllustrated with 1,700 Woodcuts. vols, 8vo, half morocco, gilt tops. Oxford, 1850. tecture. 2 $32.00 PARKER, J. H. Concise Glossary of Terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic Architecture. 16mo, calf, extra. London, 1866. $375 A very useful and beautiful little book, supplying the want of a manual for constant reference. Illustrated with many excellent wood engravings, exhibiting various styles of Architecture and Architectural Ornament. PARKER, J. H. An Introduction to the Study of Gothic Architecture. Illustrated with numerous Engravings on Wood. Small 4to. Oxford, 1849. $200 POTTER, J. Specimens of Ancient English Architecture. Selected from various Ecclesiastical Domestic and other Edifices. Plans, Elevations, Sections, and Details. With Letter Press. 28 Plates. 4to. London, 1857. $3.75 PRACTICAL BUILDER and Workman's Companion. Exhibiting a full Display and Elucidation of the most recent and skilful Methods pursued by Architects and Artificers in all the various Departments of Building. Embracing Geometry, Carpentry, Joinery, Cabinet Making, Masonry, Brick Laying, Plastering, Slating, Painting, Glazing, Plumbing. The Theory and Practice of the Five Orders: Gothic Architecture, perspective, projection; Fractions, Decimal Arithmetic, Comprising a Summary of the Art of Building, Accounts of Buildings, Materials, Strength or Timber, Cement, &c. With a Glossary of Terms. Hundreds of Engravings after most eminent Architects. 3 vols, 4to, half calf. London, 1845. &c $18.00 PUGIN, A. Specimens of Gothic Architecture, selected from various ancient edifices in England. Consisting of Plans, Elevations, Sections, and Parts at large. Calculated to exemplify the various styles, and a practical construction of this admired class of Architecture. With Historical 2 vols., $22.50 and Descriptive Accounts. 114 Plates. 4to, half morocco. London, 1821. PUGIN. Details of Ancient Timber Houses of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries, selected from those existing at Rouen, Caen, Abbeyville, Strasbourg, &c. Drawn and etched on the spot. London, 1836. $5.00 PUGIN. The True Principles of Pointed or Christian Architecture. Illustrated by elaborately engraved Plates. 4to. London, 1853. $6.50 PUGIN, A. A series of Ornamental Timber Gables, from existing examples in England and France, of the 16th century. 30 Plates, with descriptive letter press. London, $5.00 1831. 4to, boards. PUGIN, A. Gothic Ornaments. Selected from various ancient buildings both in England and France. Exhibiting numerous specimens of every description of decorative detail. 91 Plates. 4to, half morocco. London, 1844. $12.50 PUGIN, A. W. The Glossary of Ecclesiastical Architecture and Costume. Numerous rich and beautiful designs in gold and colors. 4to, half morocco. London. $40.00 PUGIN, A. and A. W Examples of Gothic Architecture. Selected from various ancient edifices in England, &c., as above. 3 vols., 4to, best edition. London, 1850. $30.00 PUGIN, A. W., and HEATH. Paris and its Environs Displayed in a series of picturesque Views. 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