Lot. 721 E. W. Trendall. Original Designs for Cottages and Villas, 30 plates, quarto, bds. Lond. 722 Thos. Rickman. An attempt to discriminate the styles of Architecture of England, plates, mus., pub. at £1 1s., 8vo. Lond. 1835 723 A. J. Downing. Cottage Residences, a series of designs for Rural Cottages and Villas, plates, mus. 8vo. N. Y. 1842 724 Chris. Davy. The Architect's, Engineers, and operative Builder's Constructive Manual, plates, muslin, 8vo. Lond. 1839 725 Bishop Hopkins, of Vermont. Essay on Gothic Architecture, with various plans and drawings for churches, plates, mus. 4to. Burlington, 1836 726 Jos. Gwilt. Rudiments of Architecture, Practical and Theoretical, plates, quarto, hf. mor. Lond. 1826 627 Chambers (Sir W.) on Civil Architecture, with Notes, and an Examination of Grecian Architecture, by Gwilt, 66 fine engravings by Le Keux, &c., 2 vols. imp. 8vo. hf. bd. mor. gilt, (pub. at £4 4s.,) 1825 An accurate and precise treatise, equally acceptable to the Architect, the Connoisseur, and the Builder; according to Horace Walpole, it is the most sensible book and the most exempt from prejudices, that was ever written on that science. 728 Goodwin's Domestic Architecture, a series of new Designs for Mansions, Villas, Cottages, and other Residences, in the Grecian and Old English Style of Architecture, with specifications and accurate estimates to each Design, 2 vols. royal 4to., 96 plates, (pub. at £5 5s.,) Lond. 1833 London, 1791 729 John Howard. An account of the Principal Lazarettos in Europe, plates, quarto, Russia, 730 M. J. A. Barquis. Traité elementaire de construction appliquée a l'architecture civile, quarto, cf., and 1 vol. of plates, Paris, 1823 731 L. L. Valee. Traité de la Science du Dessin, plates, quarto, hf. Russia, Paris, 1831 732 A. W. Pugin. Contrasts, or a Parallel between the Noble Edifices of the Middle Ages, and Corresponding Buildings of the Present Day, showing the present decay of taste, plates, fol. mus. 733 Practical Carpentry, &c., plates, quarto, mus. 734 Devis. Model des Travaux, plates, folio, hf. cf. Lond. 1841 Lond. 1825 735 C. F. Partington. Builder's Complete Guide, plates, cf. 8vo. Lond. 1825 Lot. 736 Jas. Gallier. American Builder's General Price Book and Estimator, bds. 8vo. N. Y. 1833 737 Dr. Geo. Moller. Essay on Gothic Architecture, hf. cf. 8vo. Lond. 1824 738 Principles of Design in Architecture, traced in observations on buildings, hf. cf. Lond. 1819 739 Jas. Elmes. Lectures on Architecture, half calf, 8vo. Lond. 1823 740 Observations on English Architecture, Military, Ecclesiastical, and Civil, compared with similar Buildings on the Continent, including a Critical Itinerary of Oxford and Cambridge; also Historical Notices of Stained Glass, Ornamental Gardening, &c., with Chronological Tables, and Dimensions of Cathedrals and Conventual Churches. By the Rev. James Dallaway, M.B., F.S.A., royal octavo, half calf, London, 1806 741 Geo. Smith. Essay on the Construction of Cottages suitable for the laboring classes, plates, mus. 8vo. Glasgow 1834 742 Andre Palladio. His Complete Works, 278 plates, folio, unbound, Paris, 1825 743 Rev. Jno. Haggitt. Letter on Gothic Architecture, plates, Cambridge 8vo. 744 Seguin Aine. Des Ponts en fil de fer, hf. cf. 8vo. Paris, 1824 745 Rancourt de Charleville. Traité sur l' Art de Faire de bons Mortiers et d'en bien diriger l'Employ; ou Methode generale pratique pour fabriquer en tous pays La Chaux, Les Ciments, et les Mortiers, hf. cf. 8vo. Paris, 1828 746 John L. McAdam. Remarks on the Present System of Road making, plates, calf, Lond. 1823 747 D. H. Mahan. An Elementary Course of Civil Engineering, plates, mus. 8vo. N. Y. 1837 748 Transactions of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Among the many papers are the two following: On Ventilating aud Lighting Tunnels, particularly in reference to the one on the Leeds and Selby Railway. By James Walker, Esq., F.R.S., L. and E., President Inst. C.E. Method of representing by Diagram, and estimating the Earth-work in Excavations and Embankments. By John J. Waterston, Esq., A.Inst.C.E. In 4to., plates, Lond. 1836 749 Decorative Painting of the Middle Ages. By E. L. Blackburn, 4to. cl., with numerous plates highly finished in gold and colors, Lond. 1847 750 Thos. Tredgold. Practical Essays on the Iron and other Metals, plates, Svo. cf. Strength of Cast Lot. 751 A Practical Treatise on Railroads, and Interior Communication in General, containing numerous Experiments on the Powers of the Improved Locomotive Engine, and Tables of the comparative Cost of Conveyance on Canals, Railways, and Turnpike Roads. By Nicholas Wood, Colliery Viewer, Memb. Inst. Civ. Eng. &c. Third edition, very greatly enlarged, with 13 large Plates, and several new Woodcuts, cl. 8vo. Lond. 1838 752 A Scientific and an Historical and Descriptive Account of the Suspension Bridge constructed over the Menai Strait, in North Wales: with a brief Notice of Conway Bridge, From Designs by and under the direction of Thomas Telford, Esq., F.R.S., and E., &c. &c., and Alexander Provis, Esq., Resident Engineer, large paper copy. Lond. 1828 Large Atlas folio, 17 very finely engraved plates. 753 John Smeaton. A Narrative of the Building, and a Description of the Construction of the Eddystone Lighthouse, with stone; and of the Lighthouse on the Spun Point, built upon the sand, plates, large folio. Lond. 1813 754 W. Robertson. A Collection of various Forms of Stoves for Hothouses. 4to. plates, cf. Lond. 1798 755 W. Matthews. Hydraulia: an Historical and Descriptive Account of the Water Works of London, and the contrivances for supplying other great cities with water in different ages and countries, 8vo. plates, mus. Lond. 1835 756 Miscellaneous papers in Civil Engineering, 2 vols. 8vo. plts. hf. cf. 757 Thos. Tredgold. Tracts on Hydraulics, 8vo. plates, bds. Lond. 1826 758 Ware's Tracts on Vaults and Bridges, 8vo. plates. calf, Lond. 1822 759 Barlow, Peter. A Treatise on the Strength of Timber, Cast Iron, Malleable Iron and other materials; with rules for application in Architecture, Bridges, Railways, &c., 8vo. plts. Lond. 1837 760 Charles S. Storrow. A Treatise on Water Works, 12mo. mus. Bost. 1835 761 Ch. Stuart Drury. A Memoir on Suspension Bridges, 8vo. plts. bds. Lond. 1832 762 Jas. Walker. Report to the Directors of Liverpool and Manchester Railroad, on the comparative merits of Locomotive and Fixed Engines, for motive powers, 8vo. plts. hf. cf. Phila. 1831 Lot. 763 R. L. Edgeworth. Essay on the Construction of Roads and Carriages, plates, 1817; and Letter on Telegraph and Defense of Ireland, 1797; and Three Speeches on the Union with Great Britain, 1800, 3 vols. in 1, 8vo. Russia. 764 Le Creux. Recherches sur la formation et l'existence des Ruisseaux, Riviers, et Torrens, qui circulent sur le Globe Terrestre, plates, hf. cf. Paris, 1804 765 B. Proney. Recherches sur la pousse de Terre, et sur la forme et les dimensions à donner aux murs de revetement, 4to. pits. hf. Rus. Paris, 1802 766 M. Gauthey. Traité de la construction des Ponts, plates 3 vols. 4to. hf. Rus. Paris, 1809 767 C. S. Brees, C.E. Appendix to Railway Practice, 4to. plts. mus. Lond. 1839 768 Practical Masonry, Bricklaying, and Plastering, both plain and ornamental, 4to. plts. bds. Lond. 1830 769 Col. Mark Beaufoy. Nautical and Hydraulic Experiments, with numerous, Scientific and Miscellaneous, 4to. plts. mus. A presentation copy from the Author to Major D. B. Douglass. Lond. 1834 This work was printed for private circulation only. 770 Robert Stephenson, C. E. An Account of the Bell Rock Lighthouse, including details of the erection and peculiar structure of that edifice, 23 plates, 4to. cf. Edinb. 1824 regu 771 A Treatise on Rivers and Torrents, with the method of lating their Course and Channels, by Paul Frisi, Member of numerous Academies; to which is added, an Essay on Navigable Canals, by the same. Translated by MajorGeneral John Garstin, 4to. with pls. Lond. 1818 772 M. Perronet. Description des Projets et la Construction des Ponts de Neuilly, de Nantes, d'Orleans, &c., 1 vol. 4to.; 1 vol. fol. pls. cf. Paris, 1820 773 C. P. Le Sage. Recueil de divers Memoirs Extraits de la Bibliotheque Imperiale des Ponts et Chaussées, pls. 2 vols. 4to. cf. Paris, 1810 774 A. Hageau, Description du Canal de Junction de la Meuse au Rhin, 4to. cf. Paris, 1819 775 J. Rodelet. Sur l'Art de Batir, 5 vols. 4to. numerous plates full bd. calf, by Turner. This is the most complete body of historical and scientific information on the subject of building ever published-as giving the processes of the Art in all its branches, in every age and country. 776 Aubray. Science de Construction-Planches, 4to, hf cf. Lyons, 1790 Lot. 777 Wm. Fairbairn. Remarks on Canal Navigation, illustrative of the advantages of the Use of Steam as a Motive Power on Canals, pls. hf. cf. 8vo. Lond. 1831 778 Fr. Wishaw. An Analysis of Railways, consisting of a Series of Reports on the Railways projected in England and Wales in 1837, 8vo. pls. mus. Lond. 1838 779 Col. C. W. Pasley. Observations on Lime, Calcareous Cements, Mortars, Stuccos, and Concrete, pls. mus. 8vo. Lond. 1838 1826 780 Surveys for Roads and Canals, bf cf. 8vo. 781 Thos. Earle. Treatise on Railroads and Internal Communications, pls. bds. 8vo. Phila. 1830 782 L. Hericart de Thury. Description des Catacombs de Paris, pls. hf Rus. 8vo. Paris, 1814 783 La Mande. Pont en Pierre à Construire sur la Seine à Rouen, 4to. hf cf. Paris, 1815 784 Nte. de Barres du Molard. Nouveau Systeme de Ponts a Grandes Portées, 4to. Paris, 1827 785 L. Puissant. Traité de Topographie d'Arpentage et de Nivellement, hf bd. 4to. Paris, 1820 786 Observations on the Construction of Arches for Bridges, and on the Re-building of London Bridge, demonstrating the Practicability of Executing the Work of London Bridge in Three Flat Elliptical Arches of Stone, each 230 feet span ; with an Examination of the Arch of Equilibrium proposed by the late Dr. Hutton; and an Investigation of a New Method for forming an Arch of that Description. Illustrated by 7 plates and other figures. By John Seward, Civil Engineer, 4to. cf. Lond. 1824 787 Condensed View of the whole Internal Navigation of the United States, Natural and Artificial, Present and Prospective, maps, hf cf. 8vo. Phila. 1826 788 Thos. Earle. Treatise on Railroads and Intercommunications, pls. bds. Svo. Phila. 1830 789 John Williams. An Historical Account of the Sub-ways in the British Metropolis, for the flow of Pure Water and Gas into the Houses of the Inhabitants without disturbing the pavements, colored pls. hf cf. 8vo. Lond. 1828 790 Five Pamphlets on Waterworks in Philadelphia, Boston, and Quebec, maps. 791 L. Nulliamy. Bridge of Ste Trinita over the Arno at Florrence, paper, long folio, with fine plates, Lond. 1822 792 Eleven Specifications for Bridges in various parts of Great Britain. In manuscript. |