The Georgian Period, Being Measured Drawings of Colonial Work. [12 volumes, complete set]; 'A collection of papers dealing with "Colonial" or XVIII-century architecture in the United States, together with references to earlier provincial and true colonial work.

New York: American Architect and Building News Co., 1898 - 1902. Hardcover. 12 portfolio-style "parts," each with covers of thin brown boards, brown cloth spine, and tan ribbon ties. Text in loose signatures, plates in leaves. Many black and white plates: full-page reproductions of measured drawings and photographic views. Oversize and quite heavy, will require extra postage. Fair, ex-library with spine titling, and bookplates. Spine split, covers separated in some Parts. Covers fragile, edges have some cracks and chips, some have areas of loss . Plates have embossed or perforation stamping. Some p0age edges fragile with some cracking. Various degrees of toning. Item #133772

An auspicious and complete collection of plates, with corresponding text, depicting a number of dwellings up and down the East Coast, with examples in Europe. Plates are full-page reproductions of measured drawings and photographic views. “Volume I” (Parts I-IV): Part I: 1898, Chronology of buildings, index to vols. 1 & 2. Part II: 1989, 56 plates. Part III: 1899, XI, Chronology of buildings, index to vol. 3, 32 plates. Part IV: 1899, 36-pages of text, 36 plates. Volume II (Parts V-VIII): Part V: 1900, 16 pp text, 22 plates. Part VI: 1900, text pp. 17-56, 37 plates. Part VII, 1900, text pp. 57-80, 33 plates. Part VIII, 1901, text pp. 81-112, 48 plates. Volume III (Parts IX-XII): Part IX: 1902, text, pp 1-28, 35 plates. Part X, 1902, text pp. 29-64, 47 plates. Part XI, 1902, Text pp. 65 – 71, 25 plates. Part XII, 1902, text pp. 89-124, 47 plates.

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