The Builder's Practical Director or Building for All Classes, containing plans, sections, and elevations for the erection of cottages, villas, farm buildings

Publisher James Hagger British

Publisher A. H. Payne, Dresden and Leipzig British

1856

Not on view

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Title: The Builder's Practical Director or Building for All Classes, containing plans, sections, and elevations for the erection of cottages, villas, farm buildings
Publisher: James Hagger (London)
Publisher: A. H. Payne, Dresden and Leipzig
Published in: London; Dresden; Leipzig
Date: 1856
Medium: Illustrations: wood engraving, hand-colored
Dimensions: 10 15/16 × 8 9/16 × 2 5/16 in. (27.8 × 21.7 × 5.8 cm)
Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Myra Carter Church Fund, 1958
Object Number: 58.545.15
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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