THE STUDENT'S INSTRUCTOR IN DRAWING AND WORKING THE FIVE ORDERS OF ARCHITECTURE

Authors: Nicholson, Peter

Categories: Architecture

Art

Non-fiction

Year: 1810

Publisher: J. Taylor, at the Architectural Library, No. 59, High Holborn

Pagination: viii, [1]-39, [2] p., [2]-16 p.

Dimensions: 21.5 x 12.5 cm

Illustrations: Yes

City: London

Document Type: Book

Edition: Third

Language: English

Printer: W. Stratford, Crown-Court, Temple-Bar

Preface: [iv]-viii 'PREFACE | TO THE THIRD EDITION.'

Advertisements: [2] p.'Lately published | By PETER NICHOLSON.' [2]-16 p. 'A | CATALOGUE | OF | MODERN BOOKS | ON | ARCHITECTURE'.

Marginalia: Front paste-down endpaper [book-plate] '(in border) JOHN LAWSON' | '510J | John Day | 25/1/18 | j/s/x'. Front free endpaper various markings. Back free/paste-down endpaper various markings/calculations.

Binding: Brown, full calf. SPINE: [gilt-tooled] (badly worn, unreadable).

Edges: Trimmed

Notes:

Full title: THE STUDENT'S INSTRUCTOR IN DRAWING AND WORKING THE FIVE ORDERS OF ARCHITECTURE. FULLY EXPLAINING THE BEST METHODS FOR STRIKING REGULAR AND QUIRKED MOULDINGS; FOR DIMINISHING AND GLUEING OF COLUMNS AND CAPITALS; FOR FINDING THE TRUE DIAMETER OF AN ORDER TO ANY GIVEN HEIGHT: FOR STRIKING THE IONIC VOLUTE, CIRCULAR OR ELLIPTICAL; WITH FINISHED EXAMPLES, ON A LARGE SCALE, OF THE ORDERS, THEIR PLANCEERS, &C. AND SOME DESIGNS FOR DOOR-CASES, ELEGANTLY ENGRAVED ON FORTY ONE PLATES. WITH EXPLANATIONS.