Rudimentary treatise on the erection of dwelling-houses : illustrated by a perspective view, plans, elevations, and sections of a pair of semi-detached villas with the specification, quantities, and estimates and every requisite detail, in sequence, for their construction and finishing / by S.H. Brooks.
A rudimentary building manual by S. H. Brooks, published by Lockwood in London in 1874 for builders, students and clients planning a pair of semi-detached villas. The plates are engraved plans, elevations, sections and bricklaying and carpentry details, with hatched masonry, lettered rooms and inked dimension notes that supply ready-made technical line texture and hand-drawn drafting lettering.
