Softcover
1978 · Watkins Glen, NY
by Smith, Oliver P.
Watkins Glen, NY: The American Life Foundation, Library of Victorian Culture, 1978. Softcover. VG- (Covers are slightly aged; former owner name is written on front page; otherwise interior is clean.). Tan and decorated wraps, 125 pp. of text plus 42 BW plate pages. A reprint of Buffalo-area architect Oliver P. Smith's book, "The Domestic Architect: Comprising a Series of Original Designs for Rural and Ornamental Cottages, with full and complete explanations and Directions to the Builder, embracing the elementary principles of the Grecian and Cottage Styles, with primary rules for drawing and shading, and the rudiments of linear perspective." The plates depict mostly the ornamentations of the styles, with a few floorplans and full structure drawings. Fun for browsing.
(Inventory #: 152913)