Villas and cottages : a series of designs prepared for execution in the United State (1857)
Vaux, Calvert, 1824-1895, Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852, Withers, Frederick Clarke, 1828-1901 · New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, Franklin Square · leaf 91
ed with an inconspicu-ous catch, so as to swing when needed, books and all,and a private communication is thus afforded with aboudoir on one side, and with the staircase-hall onthe other. In a- really large library the books should occupythe whole wall space, except a range of wide, inclosedshelves… … VILLAS AND COTTAGES. 79 appear out of proportion to its length and width.Such an arrangement isshown at plan R. Thelibrary proper is thus di-vided, so far as its ap-pearance to the eye is con-cerned, into four separateparts; but it is neverthe-less, to all intents and pur-poses, practically one…
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