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Designs for Villas and Other Rural Buildings
Edmund Aiken
1808
Essays on Gothic Architecture
Thomas Warton
1802
The Practical House Carpenter; Or, Youth's Instructor: Containing a Great Variety of Useful Designs in Carpentry and Architecture; To Which is Added, A List Of Prices for Materials and Labour, Labour Only, And Day Prices
William Pain
[1800?]
Plans, Elevations, and Sections, of Buildings Public and Private, Executed in Various Parts of England, &c Including the New Custom-House, London, with Plans, Details, and Descriptions.
David Laing
1818
A Treatise on the Construction of Staircases and Handrails...
Peter Nicholson
1820
Specimens of Gothic Architecture; Selected from Various Ancient Edifices in England...
Auguste Charles Pugin
1821–22
A Collection of Designs for Modern Embellishments
Charles Augustus Busby
1834 (?)
Designs for Gates and Rails suitable to Parks, Pleasure Grounds Balconys etc. also some Designs for Trellis Work
Charles Middleton
late 18th–early 19th century
An Essay on a species of Mosaic Pavement, formed of right-angled triangles of different colours
Nathaniel John Larkin
1818
A Series of Plans for Cottages or Habitations of the Labourer
John Wood
1806
Hints for Dwellings: Consisting of Original Designs for Cottages, Farm-houses, Villas, &c., Plain and Ornamental
David Laing
1801
Mansion of Thomas Hope, Esq., Flemish Picture Gallery
James Carter
May 1824
The Carpenter's Pocket Directory; containing the Best Methods of Framing Timber Buildings..A New Edition
William Pain
1803
The Fine Arts of the English School
John Britton
1812
Villa Architecture: A Collection of Views, With Plans, of Buildings Executed in England, Scotland &
Robert Lugar
1828
The Carpenter's Treasure; A Collection of Designs...in the Gothic Taste...
Nicholas Wallis
1773
The Carpenter's Treasure; A Collection of Designs for Temples, With their Plans, Gates, Doors, Rails and Bridges in the Gothic Taste...
Nicholas Wallis
1773
A Catalogue of modern books on architecture...on sale at J. Taylor's Architectural Library
J. Taylor
[1802–10] (?)
Mansion of Thomas Hope, Flemish Picture Gallery
James Carter
August 1, 1824
The Student's Instructor in Drawing and Working The Five Orders of Architecture
Peter Nicholson
1823
Modern Finishings for Rooms: A Series of Designs For Vestibules, Halls, Stair Cases...To Which Are Added Some Designs for Villas and Porticos...
William Fuller Pocock
1811
Decorations for Parks and Gardens. . .with Plans and Scales [bound with: Designs in Architecture, Consisting of Plans, Elevations, and Sections, 1797 and Wright: Grotesque Architecture, or Rural Amusement, 1802]
Sir John Soane
[1790], 1797, 1802
Series of Designs for Villas and Country Houses
Charles Augustus Busby
1808
Specimens of Gothic Architecture Selected from Various Ancient Edifices in England, Vol. I
Auguste Charles Pugin
1825
Richard Wilson, Esq., R.A., Landscape Painter
Anton Raphael Mengs
January 20, 1812
Architectural Sketches for Cottages, Rural Dwellings, and Villas...
Robert Lugar
1805
The Antiquities of Athens, Measured and Delineated by James Stuart, F.R.S. and F.S.A. and Nicholas Revett, Painters and Architects
James Stuart
1762–1830
Specimens of Gothic Architecture Consisting of Doors, Windows, Buttresses, Pinnacles etc. with the measurements selected from ancient buildings at Oxford
Auguste Charles Pugin
1825
A Collection of Ornamental designs after the Manner of the Antique...
George Smith
ca. 1812
Specimens of Gothic Architecture Selected from Various Ancient Edifices in England, Vol. II
Auguste Charles Pugin
1825
Specimens of Gothic Architecture; Selected from Various Ancient Edifices in England...
Auguste Charles Pugin
1821–22
Designs for Chairs and Sofas
J. Taylor
ca. 1818–22
Designs for Gates and Rails Suitable to Parks, Pleasure Grounds, Balconys etc.
Charles Middleton
late 18th–early 19th century
A Collection of Antique Vases, Altars, Paterae, Tripods, Candelabra Sarcophagi, etc.
Henry Moses
[after 1823]
Designs for Lodges and Entrances
Thomas Downes Wilmot Dearn
1811
Observations on the Theory and Practise of Landscape Gardening
Humphry Repton
1803
Architectural Designs for Rustic Cottages, Picturesque Dwellings....
William Fuller Pocock
1807
Designs for Small Picturesque Cottages and Hunting Boxes
Edward Gyfford
1807
A Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, in the most approved and elegant taste
George Smith
1808
Designs for Elegant Cottages and Small Villas: Calculated for the Comfort and Convenience of Persons of Moderate and of Ample Fortune
Edward Gyfford
1806