Essay on Rural Architecture. . .Being an Attempt, also, to Refute, by Analogy, the Principles of Mr. James Malton's Essay "British Cottage Architecture"

Author Richard Elsam British

Printer The Philanthropic Society British

1803

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Title: Essay on Rural Architecture. . .Being an Attempt, also, to Refute, by Analogy, the Principles of Mr. James Malton's Essay "British Cottage Architecture"
Author: Richard Elsam (British, early 19th century)
Printer: The Philanthropic Society (London)
Published in: London
Date: 1803
Medium: Illustrations: etching and aquatint printed in brown ink
Dimensions: 9 3/4 × 11 × 11/16 in. (24.8 × 28 × 1.8 cm)
Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937
Object Number: 37.91.3
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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