Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

The British architect: or, The builder's treasury of staircases. Containing, I. An easier, more intelligible, and expeditious method of drawing the five orders, than has hitherto been published ... II. Likewise stair-cases ... III. Designs of arches, doors, and windows. IV. A great variety of new and curious chimney-pieces ... V. Corbels, shields, and other beautiful decorations. VI. Several useful and necessary rules of carpentry.

Accession number
PML 55720
Creator
Swan, Abraham.
Published
London, Printed for and sold by the author, 1758.
Credit line
Gift of Henry S. Morgan, 1965.
Notes
Plates 61-65 were published in addition to the 60 original ones.
Description
viii, 16 p. 60 plates. 42 cm
Provenance
Mrs. J.P. Morgan's collection.
Classification
Department