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Wentworth and Company, 1856-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 128 pages, [65] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm. Engraved frontis. Full contemporary leather binding. Blind tooled. Spine leather half gone. Boards detached. Scattered foxing throughout. Several pages loose but present. Every carpenter his own master. Hitchcock 1158.

Illustrated with engraved frontis and 64 engraved plates. [7]-128 pp. 4to, original publisher's binding of embossed leather with gilt vignette by William Wilson of carpenters and an architect in the foreground and buildings in the background, gilt decorated spine, spine rubbed, owner's stamp to ffep, some browning to frontis piece, spotting to tissue guards and to some plates but mostly confined to margins or light spotting, on the whole very good.

A handsome edition of Shaw's work on architectural elements. Edward Shaw was a prominent civil engineer and influential architect working in Boston during the mid 1800's . He designed various townhouses in Boston, including the Adam Wallace Thaxer, Jr. house on Beacon Hill. Shaw published five notable on architecture and structural materials.

Boston: Dayton and Wentworth, 1854. First edition. Hardcover. Modern imitation black morocco. Very good/Near fine. 128 pages in text. Large 4to, 29 x 24 cm. Sixty-four engraved plates plus frontispiece with an additional four pages at rear: "The New Lien Law of Massachusetts, In Favor of Mechanics, Passed in 1851, with all the Amendments in full to 1853." Shaw, an author of several pattern books presents here a number of house designs (Grecian and a few Gothic, and one Italian villa). His designs were popular in rural New England. Glossary of Architectural Terms. HITCHCOCK 1157. KARPEL B109. "Shaw's fourth and last book. It contains, in addition to the usual practical material, numerous designs for houses in the Grecian, Gothic, and Italian tastes as well as several of the Gothic church designs for which Shaw was well known." Moderate foxing to frontispiece and title page, light to occasional moderate foxing throughout. Bookplate of The Victorian Society in America and owner inscription. No other… Read More

Boston: Dayton & Wentworth, 1855. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Engraved frontispiece & 65 engravings with tissue guards. full tooled leather cover with gilt design. Marbled end papers. Edges rubbed slightly. top of spine chipped. Bound in: "New Lien Law of Massachusetts" (4pp)

1856 Modern Architect Carpentry Houses Framing Architecture Illustrated Stairs
Edward Shaw was one of the major American architectural authors
of the 19th century. His influence on builders and architects came from his balance between traditional forms and new ideas grounded in construction principles. This edition of "Modern Architect" was written to with three parts, a concise survey of the history and progress of architecture, characteristics of Egypt, Greco-Roman, Gothic, and other different styles of architecture, and the arrangement and construction of houses specifically doors, windows, chimneys, stairs and more. This 1856 edition includes 65 engraved plates and is bound in a decorative leather binding!
Item number: #19161
Price: $750
SHAW, Edward
The modern architect, or, Every carpenter his own master: embracing plans, elevations, specifications, framing, etc., for private houses, classic dwellings, churches, &c., to which is added the new system of stair-building
Boston: Wentworth and… Read More