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City architecture; or, Designs for dwelling houses, stores, hotels, etc. In 20 plates. With descriptions and an essay on the principles of design (1854)

Field, M. (Marriott), b. 1803? · New-York [etc.] D. Appleton & Company · leaf 72

An illustration from City architecture; or, Designs for dwelling houses, stores, hotels, etc. In 20 plates. With descriptions and an essay on the principles of design, 1854, leaf 72
compartments in street fronts, which are chiefly seenin an oblique view, as they destroy the continuity andapparent extent and grandeur of the building. In a build-ing of moderate extent, apertures are best placed at equaldistances, without grouping. In the present design aportico or door in the… … ITIIITiaEliJIIHJIil.llltnxUiULI. ran mjiiiLiiJiiiiiiiiiJi HIJILUII; XV^- MEW YORK. A8T0R, teNOX AOTILDLN FOUNOA-riONS. DESCKUTION OF THE PLATES. 53 reader has only to hold the engraving up sideways to hiseye, and imagine the effect of the supposed alteration. The balcony is intended to project two…

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