[Rarebooks] FS: Sloan's "City and Suburban Architecture" w/136 engraved plates (12 in full color). Philadelphia: 1859

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(ARCHITECTURE) Sloan, Samuel. CITY AND SUBURBAN ARCHITECTURE;
Containing Numerous Designs and Details for Public Edifices, Private
Residences, and Mercantile Buildings. Illustrated with One Hundred and
Thirty-six Engravings, Accompanied by Specifications and Historical
Explanatory Text. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1859. Folio (14”
x 11-1/4”). 104pp. Illustrated with 136 engraved plates (62 tinted and
12 in full color). Orig. brown cloth stamped in gilt, some soiling,
nicely rebacked in brown cloth, the original spine label laid down.
Small faded water stain at bottom blank margin of frontispiece and
title. Old embossed book store stamp on blank preliminaries.	$1,250.00
(trade discount allowed)
Mostly on the designs of city houses, (particularly of Philadelphia row
houses) and ornamental store fronts. Included are churches, public
buildings, measured floor plans, and designs for central heating. A
scarce book.

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