8vo, $1050 A fine book, with hundreds of beautiful Wood and Steel Engravings of Churches, Abbeys, Arches, Fonts, and general details of Architecture. RIDER, WILLIAM. Views in Stratford on Avon and Vicinity. Accompanied with descriptive texts. Plates on India paper. Folio, halt morocco. London, 1828. $7.50 ROBINSON, P. F. Designs for Farm Buildings, with a view to prove that the simplest forms may be rendered pleasing and ornamental by a proper disposition of the rudest materials. 56 Plates. 4to, half morocco. London, 1837. $5.50 ROBINSON and BRITTON. Vitruvius Britannicus. History of Woburn Abbey, Hatfield House, Hardwicke Hall, and Cassiobury Park. Illustrated by Plans, Elevations, and Internal Views of the Apartments. A new copy of a handsome book. Folio, half morocco, gilt edges. London, 1847. $27.50 ROSSETTI, W. M. Fine Art. Chiefly Contemporary. 8vo. London, 1867. $2.00 ROUSE, J. The Beauties and Antiquities of the County of Sussex, forming a general illustration of its Ecclesiastical and Castellated Remains 150 colored Plates, from original drawings. Folio, boards. London, 1825. $6.00 ROYAL LODGES IN WINDSOR GREAT Park. After Drawings Lithographed by express command of Her Majesty. Folio, half calf. London, 1839. RUSKIN, JOHN. Pre-Raphaelitism. 12mo. New York, 1860. $3.50 $1.00 RUSKIN, JOHN. The Two Paths, being Lectures on Art, and its application to Decoration and Manufacture. 12mo. New York, 1859. $1.75 $30.00 RUSKIN, JOHN. The Stones of Venice. 3 vols., royal 8vo. London, 1853. The best edition, with the beautiful illustrations. A nice, uncut copy. RUSKIN, JOHN. Time and Tide. Twentyfive Letters to a Working Man on the Laws of Work. 12mo. New York, 1868. $1.00 SALANDRI, ENRICO. Architectural and Decorative Designs, for the use of those engaged in Architecture, Sculpture, Working in Metals, Cabinet Work, and other fine art productions. 65 Steel and Copper Plates, of the best specimens 4to, cloth. London, 1869. $6.00 SCOTT. A Series of Executed Examples of Ecclesiastical and Domestic Structures. 26 Plates. Folio. London, 1858. (Pub. at £2 28.) $7.50 SCOTT. Ornamental Designs for Brass Work, Earthenware, Iron, and Glass Work, &c. London. Folio. $5.00 SCOTT, F. J. The Art of Beautifying Suburban Home Grounds, and the best modes of Laying-out, Planting, and Keeping Decorated Grounds. Illustrated by upwards of 200 Plates and Engravings of Plans for Residences and their Grounds, of Trees and Shrubs, and Garden Embellishments; with descriptions of the Trees and Shrubs grown in the United States. 8vo. New York, 1870. $7.50 SCOTT, G. G. Gleanings from Westminster Illustrated Abbey. History of the Abbey, &c. with 36 Plates and numerous Wood Engravings, exhibiting Architectural details of the Abbey. 8vo, tree calf (new copy). Oxford, 1863. $8.00 SCOTT, WILLIAM B. Antiquarian Gleanings in the North of England. Examples of Antique Furniture, Plate, Church Decorations, Objects of Historical Interest, &c. 38 Plates, colored London. by hand. 4to, half morocco. $10.00 SEVERN, WALTER. The Golden Calendar. With Poems. Folio. London, Day & Son. $9.00 An illuminated book, printed in gold and colors, with elegant borders and emblematical illustrations. SHAW, H. A Booke of Sundry Draughtes. Principally serving for Glaziers: and not Impertinent for Plasterers, and Gardeners: besides sundry other Professions. 4to, boards. London, Pickering, 1848. $4.00 SHAW, H. A Series of Details of Gothic SHAW, H. Details of Elizabethian Architecture. 60 fine Plates, some elegantly colored. 4to, half morocco. London, Pickering, 1834. $9.00 SHAW, H. Examples of Ornamental Metal Work. 50 Plates. Folio, half morocco. London, Pickering, 1836. $6.00 SHAW, H. Illuminated Ornaments, Selected from Manuscripts of the Middle Ages and Early Printed Books. Drawn by H. Shaw, and described by Sir F. Madden, keeper of the manuscripts in the British Museum. Folio, boards. London, Pickering, 1833 $40 00 An extremely elegant book. The plates are illuminated, not merely colored, as in Bohn's edition. This is a large paper copy, uncut, from the library of Lord Farnham. SHAW, H. The Encyclopedia of Ornament Containing 59 beautiful Plates in colors, exhibiting various styles in different departments of art. Folio, half morocco. London, Pickering, 1841. $17.50 A fine copy, large paper, uncut-before Mr Bohn branded it. SHAW, H. The History and Antiquities of the Chapel in Luton Park (the Seat of the Marquis of Bute). 21 India Proof Plates. Large folio, half roan. London, 1829. $4.50 SHAW, HENRY. A Handbook of the Art of Illumination, as practised during the Middle Ages. With a Description of the Metals, Pigments, and Processes employed by the Artists at Different Periods. Finely engraved designs. London, 1866 $7.50 SHAW and BRIDGENS. Furniture, with Candelabra and Interior Decoration. 60 fine Colored Plates. Folio, half merocco. London, Pickering, 1838. $12.50 Fine large copy. Early impressions of the plates. SLOANE, S. Constructive Architecture. A Guide to the Practical Builder and Mechanic, A Series of Designs for Domes, Roofs, and Spires. With Plates, showing the interior construction and finish of windows, doors, &c. Examples of the Five Orders, Geometrical Problems, &c. 66 care fully prepared Plates. 4to. Philadelphia, 1866. $7.50 SLOANE, S. Homestead Architecture. Containing 40 Designs for Villas, Cottages, and Farm Houses, with Essays on Style, Construction, Landscape Gardening, Furniture, &c, &c. Illustrated with upwards of 200 Engravings. 8vo. Philadelphia, 1867 $350 SLOANE, S. The Model Architect. A Series of Original Designs for Cottages, Villas, Suburban Residences, &c. Accompanied by Explanations, Specifications, Estimates, and Elaborate Details. Prepared expressly for projectors and artisans throughout the United States. 215 large, fine tinted Plates. 2 vols., 4to, half morocco. Philadelphia, 1868. $24.00 SMITH, J. 8. Antiquities of London and its Environs Containing Views of Houses, Monuments, Statues, and other curious remains of Antiquity. Fine Copper Plates. Folio, half calf. London, 1800. $9.00 SOMNER, W. The Antiquities of Canterbury, or a Survey of that Ancient Citie, with the Suburbs, and Cathedrall. Containing principally matters of Antiquity in them all. Collected chiefly from old MSS, Lieger-bookes, and other like Records. Illustrated with curious old copperplate engravings of the Cathedral Altars and Font, and a bird's-eye view of Canterbury. 4to, old calf. London, 1640. $3.50 STARFORTH, JOHN. Villa Residences and TEXIER. Byzantine Architecture. $3.50 $15.00 TINGRY. The Painter and Varnisher's Guide, or a Treatise, both in Theory and Practice, of Making and Applying Varnishes, Painting, and Preparing Colors. 8vo, half calf. London, 1804. $2.00 TRANSACTIONS of the New York Ecclesiological Society for 1855. Colored Illustrations of Communion Plate. 4to, sewed. New York, 1857. $1.00 TREDGOLD. Elementary Principles of Carpentry A Treatise on the Pressure and Equilibrium of Timber Framing, the Resistance of Timber, and the Construction of Floors, Centres, Bridges, Roofs, Uniting Iron and Stone with Timber, with Practical Rules and Examples, to which is added an Essay on the Nature and Properties of Timber, including the Methods of Seasoning and the Causes and Prevention of Decay, with descriptions of the kind of wood used in building, &c. Numerous tables, with Barlow's Appendix. 50 Plates and many Woodcuts. Thick 4to, half morocco. London, Weale, 1846. $10.00 TREDGOLD, T. Practical Essay on the Strength of Cast Iron and other Metals. 8vo, sheep. London, 1831. $1.25 TRESS, R. Modern Churches, Designs, Estimates, and Essays; also Plans, Elevations, Work. ing Drawings, and Specifications of Modern Churches, already erected. 20 Plates, folio, new London, 1841. $4.75 TRURAN, W. The Iron Manufacture of Great Britain, Theoretically and Practically considered, including Descriptive Details of Ores, Fuels, and Fluxes employed in the operations of Calcination, the Blast, Refining, and Puddling, Furnaces, Engines, and Machinery. Revised by Phillips and Dorman. 3d edition. 84 Plates. 4to, half morocco. London, 1865. $15.00 TUTHILL, L, C. History of Architecture from the Earliest Times. Its present Condition in Europe and the United States, with a Biography of Eminent Architects and a Glossary of Archi WEALE, JOHN. Divers Works of Early Masters in Church Decoration. With Biography, &c., of Albert Durer. Examples of Painted and Stained Glass, &c. 2 vols., imp. folio, half morocco, gilt edge. London, 1846. $40.00 Very fine portraits, views, plans, and sections of Churches, &c., and elaborately colored drawings from painted and stained glass windows. A splendid work. WEALE. Quarterly Papers on Engineering. 25 Engravings on Copper and Wood. 4to, half morocco. London, 1844. $5.00 WHITLOCK, N. On the Construction and Decoration of the Shop Fronts of London. 18 colored Representations. 4to. London, 1840. $1.75 WIGHT, P. B. National Academy of Design. Photographs of the new building. With introductory Essay and Description. Large 4to. $13.00 WIGHTWICK, G. Hints to Young Architects. Calculated to facilitate their Practical Operations. With additional Notes and Hints to Persons about Building in the Country; By A. J. Downing. 8vo. New York, 1847. $1.50 WILD, C. Illustrations of the Architecture of the Cathedrals of Lichfield, Chester, Lincoln, and York. 46 Plates, Plans, and Views, with Descriptions; and an Historical Account of each Cathedral. 3 vols., large 4to, boards, uncut. London, 1809-19. $17.50 Very fine copy. WILD. Twelve Beautiful Specimens of the Ecclesiastical Architecture of the Middle Ages. Selected from the Cathedrals of England, with description. Fine folio Plates, interior and exterior views. Plates on India paper. Folio. London. $6.50 WOOLNOOTH and HASTINGS. A Graphic Illustration of Canterbury Cathedral. With a History and Description. An account of its Chapels, Altars, Shrines and Chantries. Comprising also the lives of the Archbishops and Deans. Splendid Steel Plates. View by Hollar inserted. Folio, half morocco, newly bound, uncut. London, 1816. $7.50 YOUNG. A Series of Designs for Shop Fronts. Porticoes, and Entrance to Buildings, Public and Private. 30 Plates. 4to, sewed. London, 1843. $1.00 Ziegler, H. B. The Royal Lodges in Windsor Great Park. 16 Plates (Plans and Views) from drawings by H. B. Ziegler. Lithographed by Haghe for Her Majesty, Queen Victoria. Large folio, half roan, slightly soiled. London, 1839. $2.50 FOREIGN ARCHITECTURAL WORKS, PRINCIPALLY FRENCH. NOTE.-Owing to the present secluded position of Paris (January, 1871), we are not able to supply at once all the books described below, but we have included them in our Catalogue as books which we can generally supply. Those who desire second-hand copies (of the fine French works) at lower rates can sometimes be accommodated. BIANCHINI, F. Del Palazzo de Cesari. Opera Postuma W. 17 large Plates, folio, calf. Verona, 1738. $5.00 CALLIAT, VICTOR. Parallele des Maisons de Paris. Parallel of the Buildings of Paris built since 1830 up to present times. 2 vols., folio, half morocco. $75.00 CALLIAT, M. VICTOR. Hotel de Ville de Paris. City Hall of Paris. With a History of that Building by M. Leroux de Lincy. $50.00 CALLIAT et LANCE. Encyclopédie D'Architecture. Encyclopædia of Architecture, after Drawings by Victor Calliat, Architect of the City of Paris. Reading matter by Adolph Lance, Government Architect. 12 vols., 4to, half mo$140.00 TOCCO. This important collection consists of over 1,000 Plates, engraved by the best artists. The plates, some of which are colored lithographs, exhibit specimens of the various styles of architecture prevailing at different periods in France, from the thirteenth century down to the present day. The work consists of twelve volumes, quarto, each containing 120 engravings or colored lithographs. 192 columns, quarto, ot reading matter. This fine and useful work is getting rare, being out of print. CAPRONNIER, M. J. B. Les Vitraux de la Cathédrale de Tournay. The Windows of the Cathedral of Tournay. With an Historical and Descriptive Text by Descamps and Le Maistre D'Anstaing. 8 pages text and 14 Plates richly colored. Half morocco. $40.00 CHARNAY. Cites et Ruines Américaines. The Cities and. Ruins of Central America, Mitla, Palenque, Jzmal, Chichen-itza, and Uxmal, collected and photographed by Desiré Charnay, with descriptive matter by Viollet-le-Duc, Government Architect. 450 pages, ornamented with engravings on wood and an Atlas containing 49 photographic Plates. 1 vol., 8vo, half morocco. $165.00 COUTANT, CLEMENT. Parallèle des Principaux Theatres Modernes de l'Europe. Parallel of the Principal Modern Theatres of Europe and of the French, German, and English Theatrical Machinery. 2 vols., folio, half morocco. $60.00 DALY, CESAR. L'Architecture Privée au XIXe siècle. The Architecture of Private Houses in the Nineteenth Century (under Napoleon III.), New Houses in Paris and the Suburbs, Plans, Elevations, Sections, Details of Construction, Decoration, and Arrangement. 3 vols., containing 238 Steel Plates, folio, half morocco. $90.00 The buildings of Paris are arranged under the heads of first and second class private residences, and lodging houses of the first, second, and third classes. The houses in the environs of Paris include villas of the first, second, and third classes, guard houses, &c. The work contains, moreover, useful details relating to the various classes of houses and their appurtenances, doors, halls, windows, dormer windows, chimneys, wainscots, &c. These series of different classes are followed by a comparison of the plans of houses belonging to each of the classes, drawn upon a small scale on a double sheet, showing at one view a great variety of styles and arrangements. 'DALY, CESAR. Motifs Historiques. D'Ar chitecture et de Sculpture D'Ornament. Ornamental Models of Architecture and Sculpture for the External Decoration of Private and Public Buildings. Doors, sculptured panels, windows, door cases, bulls, cornices, masks, balusters, grates, balconies, vases, fountains, &c., sculptures for marble, stone, wood, bronze, &c. Composed of nearly 200 Steel Engravings, with text in which Wood Engravings are interspersed. 2 vols., folio, half morocco. $112; unbound, $100 DECLOUX and DOURY. La Saint Chapelle Du Palais a Paris. The Holy Chapel of the Palace at Paris. An Archæological, Descriptive, and Illustrated account of the Holy Chapel. colored Lithographs, representing all the decorative paintings, and five Engravings, executed by Mr. Guillamot. 25 Plates and 12 sheets of reading matter. Folio, half morocco. $25.00 20 The Holy Chapel, that marvel of the middle ages, is remarkable for the harmony of its general appearance, the elegance of its form, and the variety and richness of its ornamentation. It is, moreover, one of those rare types which characterize an epoch. The work of one artist and the result of his sole inspiration. Messrs. Decloux and Doury, in supplying architects and painters with models of decorations, selected from this edifice in preference to all others, for the reason that its mural paintings, are admirable in every respect, and the chasteness of its style render it a masterpiece of Gothic art. DEGEN. Les Constructions en Bois. Wooden Buildings. Models of Decorations. Boards cut out for pediments, projecting gables, panels for balconies, windows, pent-houses, pigeon houses, doors, gates, summer houses, arbors, trellis-works, rustic bridges, &c. 48 colored Plates, small folio. Price, in portfolio, $10.00; half morocco, $12.00 SUPPLEMENT TO THE SAME. 36 Plates, small folio. Price, in portfolio, $10.00; half morocco, $12.00. In this latter publication the author proposes to enable architects to study the application of the details given in his first work, to entire constructions. The sequel is the indispensable complement of "Wooden Buildings." DEGEN, L. Les Constructions en Briques 43 colored Plates, folio. half morocco. 1864. DELAISTRE, J. R. Encyclopedie de l'Ingénieur ou Dictionaire des Pont et Chaussées. Collection de Planches. (Texte manque.) 4to, half calf. Paris, 1612. Parisi $12.00 DESJARDINS, T. Monographie de l'Hotel de Ville de Lyon. Monograph of the City Hall of Lyons. Colored Plates interspersed with Woodcuts, folio, half morocco. $60.00 M. Desjardins' work not only enables us to admire in detail one of the most interesting monuments erected in the provinces during the seventeenth century, but it shows that an architect of talent can make a mere restoration of a work as important as the monument itself. FEUCHERE, M. LEON. L'Art Industriel. The Industrial Art Collection of Interior Arrangements and Decorations, comprising the Models for all Details of Furniture and of Luxury. 85 Plates, folio, half morocco. $30.00 GAILHABAUD, JULES. Histoire de l'Architecture du Ve au XVIIe Siecle. History of Architecture from the Vth to the XVIIth Century. This work includes Sculpture, Wall Painting, Glass Staining, Mosaics, Iron Works, 4 large vols., 4to, and I atlas, folio, containing 400 Steel Engravings and Chromo-lithographs, half morocco. $130.00 &c. This publication does not treat only of the French school, it embraces also the Italian, Spanish, Greek, Flemish, Arabian, English, German architecture, and takes of each one the best model. GAILHABAUD, JULES. Monumens Anciens et Modernes. Ancient and Modern Monuments. History of the Architecture of different countries and of all times. Published with the cooperation of the principal Archæologists. A complete and brief History of Architecture of ancient times, the middle ages, and the modern period. A supplementary part is devoted to monuments of old Mexican civilization. 400 Plates. 4 vols., 4to, half morocco. $112.00 GALERIE DU PALAIS DE FARNÈSE, peinte a Rome par A. Carrache et gravé par Leblond. 20 Plates, large folio, half bound. Paris, 1802. $18.00 GAUCHEREL, L. Exemples de Décoration Appliqués à l'Architecture et à la Peinture depuis l'Antiquité jusqu à nos jours. Antiquité (8 Pl.), Epoque Romaine (6 Pl.), Epoque Gothique (13 Pl.), Renaissance (45 Pl.), Art Moderne, Louis XIV (13 Pl.), Louis XV (27 Pl.), Louis XVI (5 Pl.), XIXe Siecle (3 Pl.). 4to, half Russia. Paris, 1857. $24.00 All published. GEWERBEHALLE. Organ für den Fortschritt in allen Zweigen der Kunst Industrie, Resig. von W. Baumer und J. Schnorr Jahrg. I-VI. Plates, 6 vols., 4to, in porf. Stuttgart, 1863-69. $26.00 The sixth volume (1869) edition for America, with English text, under the title, "The Workshop." GILBERT, A. P. M. Description Historique de la Cathédrale de Rouen. 2d edit. Avec. 3 fig. 8vo, calf, neat. Rouen, 1837. $3.00 GILBERT, L. La Marbrerie. Marble Working. A collection of drawings representing various articles cut in marble, such as funeral monuments, mantel-pieces, alters, flag pavements, &c. Engravings. Half morocco. 120 $30.00 HEIDELOFF, CARL. Die Ornamentik des Mittelalters. Eine Sammlung auser wählter Verzierungen und Profile Byzantinischer und Deutcher architektur. 4to, calf. Nürnberg, 1843. $5.00 Many fine and exquisitely engraved Steel Plates. HEIDELOFF, M. CH. Les Ornements du Moyen Age. The Ornaments of the Middle Ages. Text in German and French. 200 Plates. Half morocco. $47.00 HUCHER, M. E. Calques des Vitraux Peints de la Cathedrale du Mans. Copy of the Stained Glass of the Cathedral du Mans. With colored Plates. $50.00 JULIENNE, E. L'Orfévrerie Française, les Bronzes et la Céramique. 48 Plates, folio, portfolio. Paris, 1864. $12.00 KEMPIS. L'Imitation de Jésus-Christ. The Imitation of Jesus Christ. Exact translation in French from the Latin by Michel de Marillac. New edition, followed by the most beautiful specimens of Manuscripts of the Middle Ages from the VIIIth to the XVIIth Century. 4 beautiful miniatures, copied. 2 splendid vols., 4to, of which one is printed in colors and in gold. Morocco. $100.00 This magnificent work, well known by amateurs, is one of the most splendid specimens which the art of chromo-lithography has lately brought forth. LE GARDE MEUBLE. Livre '6-16, 1 vol., with nearly 200 colored Plates, 4to, half bound. Paris. No date. Imperfect. MANGEANT. Journal de Menuiserie The Cabinet-maker's Journal, specially designed for Architects, Cabinet-makers, and Builders. Treats of ancient and modern articles of cabinet-work, representations of store, office, railroad, and church furniture, &c., describes also the various processes employed for the preservation and staining of the different species of wood. The ancient department offers specimens of civil and religious articles of cabinet-work during the middle ages, at the Restoration, and under the respective reigns of Louis XIII, Louis XIV, Louis XV, and Louis XVI. 7 vols., half morocco. $70.00 MAUCH, J. M. Neue Systematische Darstellung der Architekterischen Ordnungen der Griechen, Romer, und Neuern Baumeester. 3d Aufl. Mit 100 Kupfertafeln. 4to, half calf. Potsdam, 1845. $8.00 METZMACHER, M. Portefeuille Historique de l'Ornement. Historical Portfolio of Orna mentation. 32 Plates, half morocco. $12.00 This complete history of ornamentation is indispensible to all decorators and artists. MOLINOS, L. and PRONNIER, C. Construction des Pontes Metalliques. Theoretical and Practical Treatise on the Construction of Metallic Bridges. Illustrated with a large number of Engravings on wood and on steel, followed by a large atlas of splendid Engravings containing 48 Plates. 4to, half morocco. $45.00 NEAU, ASSEL. Sculptures Décoratives, Decorative Sculptures. Designs for Ornamentation. Collected in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, from the best Monuments erected during the XIIth up to the XVIth Century. 165 lithographic Plates. 2 vols., 4to, half morocco. $34.00 It is from among the everlasting works of the four great schools, French, German, Italian, and Spanish, that the principal models contained in this work have been chosen. NORMAND, L. Monuments Funéraires. Funeral Monuments, selected in the Cemeteries of Paris and of the chief towns of France. 144 line Engravings, with explanatory table. Folio, half morocco. $30.00 PETIT and BISIAUX. Motifs de Décoration. The plates composing this album have been chosen from a large number of models, and they show the effects most frequently employed in decorations. The second series is out and for sale at the same price. PETIT and BISIAUX. Nouveau Portefeulle de l'Ornemaniste. New Ornamenter's Portfolio. 50 Plates, including 5 colored. Half morocco. $20.00 |