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100 1 a| Swan, Abraham.=| ^A485257;

245 14 a| The British architect: or, The builders treasury of stair-cases :b| Containing. I. An easier, more intelligible, and expeditious method of drawing the five orders, than has hitherto been published ... Shewing also how to glue up their columns and capitals. II. Likewise stair cases ... shewing their most convenient situation, and the form of their ascending in the most grand manner: with a great variety of curious ornaments ... III. Designs of arches, doors, and windows. IV. A great variety of new and curious chimney-pieces, in the most elegant and modern taste. V. Corbels, shields, and other beautiful decorations. VI. Several useful and necessary rules of carpentry; with the manner of truss'd roofs, and the nature of a splay'd circular soffit, both in a straight and circular wall, never published before. Together with raking cornices, groins, and angle brackets described. : The whole being illustrated with upwards of one hundred designs and examples, curiously engraved on sixty folio copper-plates. /c| By Abraham Swan, architect.;

260 a| Philadelphia :b| Printed by R. Bell, bookseller, Third-Street, next door to St. Paul's Church, for John Norman architect engraver, in Second-Street,c| M,DCC,LXXV. [1775];

300 a| 2 unnumbered pages, [ii], 4 unnumbered pages, [iii]-vi, 17 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, lx leaves of plates :b| illustrations ;c| 40 cm (folio);

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500 a| The order of the letterpress pages varies from copy to copy. Pagination statement and contents notes reflect the order found in the American Antiquarian Society copy.;

500 a| Plates engraved by John Norman. Some plates have letterpress text.;

500 a| "Philadelphia, June 20th, 1775. Proposals, for printing by subscription, The gentleman and cabinet-makers's assistant. ..."--p. [2], 1st count.;

500 a| "Names of the encouragers."--[4] p. following p. [ii].;

500 a| "Conditions."--p. [18].;

500 a| "Philadelphia, June 26th, 1775. Proposals, for printing by subscription, in numbers to be published monthly. A collection of designs in architecture ..."--p. [19], with imprint: Philadelphia: Printed by R. Bell ... for John Norman ... M,DCC,LXXV. Recorded separately by Bristol (Bristol B3923; Shipton & Mooney 42768). The conditions on p. [18] are for the "Collection of designs in architecture.";

510 4 a| Bristolc| B4124;

510 4 a| Shipton & Mooneyc| 42944;

510 4 a| Metzger, E.M. Pennsylvania,c| 455;

510 4 a| Hitchcock, H.R. Amer. architectural books,c| 1248;

510 4 a| Rink, E. Technical Americana,c| 2471;

530 a| Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.;

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650 0 a| Staircases.=| ^A127256;

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655 7 a| Subscribers' lists.2| rbgenr;

700 1 a| Norman, John,d| 1748?-1817,e| engraver.=| ^A1099299;

752 a| United Statesb| Pennsylvaniad| Philadelphia.;

830 0 a| Early American imprints.n| First series ;v| no. 42944.=| ^A478749;

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The British architect: or, The builders treasury of stair-cases : Containing. I. An easier, more intelligible, and expeditious method of drawing the five orders, than has hitherto been published ... Shewing also how to glue up their columns and capitals. II. Likewise stair cases ... shewing their most convenient situation, and the form of their ascending in the most grand manner: with a great variety of curious ornaments ... III. Designs of arches, doors, and windows. IV. A great variety of new and curious chimney-pieces, in the most elegant and modern taste. V. Corbels, shields, and other beautiful decorations. VI. Several useful and necessary rules of carpentry; with the manner of truss'd roofs, and the nature of a splay'd circular soffit, both in a straight and circular wall, never published before. Together with raking cornices, groins, and angle brackets described. : The whole being illustrated with upwards of one hundred designs and examples, curiously engraved on sixty folio copper-plates. / By Abraham Swan, architect.

Author/creator	Swan, Abraham
Other author	Norman, John, 1748?-1817, engraver.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Philadelphia : Printed by R. Bell, bookseller, Third-Street, next door to St. Paul's Church, for John Norman architect engraver, in Second-Street, M,DCC,LXXV. [1775]
Description	2 unnumbered pages, [ii], 4 unnumbered pages, [iii]-vi, 17 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, lx leaves of plates : illustrations ; 40 cm (folio)
Supplemental Content	Evans Digital Edition
Subjects	Architecture--Designs and plans. Stair building. Staircases.

Series	Early American imprints. First series ; no. 42944. ^A478749
General note	The order of the letterpress pages varies from copy to copy. Pagination statement and contents notes reflect the order found in the American Antiquarian Society copy.
General note	Plates engraved by John Norman. Some plates have letterpress text.
General note	"Philadelphia, June 20th, 1775. Proposals, for printing by subscription, The gentleman and cabinet-makers's assistant. ..."--p. [2], 1st count.
General note	"Names of the encouragers."--[4] p. following p. [ii].
General note	"Conditions."--p. [18].
General note	"Philadelphia, June 26th, 1775. Proposals, for printing by subscription, in numbers to be published monthly. A collection of designs in architecture ..."--p. [19], with imprint: Philadelphia: Printed by R. Bell ... for John Norman ... M,DCC,LXXV. Recorded separately by Bristol (Bristol B3923; Shipton & Mooney 42768). The conditions on p. [18] are for the "Collection of designs in architecture."
References	Bristol B4124
References	Shipton & Mooney 42944
References	Metzger, E.M. Pennsylvania, 455
References	Hitchcock, H.R. Amer. architectural books, 1248
References	Rink, E. Technical Americana, 2471
Other forms	Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction note	Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 42944).
Genre/form	Prospectuses.
Genre/form	Subscribers' lists.

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