INTERIORS AND INTERIOR DETAILS...
by TUTHILL, William B.
TUTHILL, William B. INTERIORS AND INTERIOR DETAILS.... New York: William T. Comstock, 1882. 4to. Publisher's cloth. (10) pages, 52 plates, (16) pages of advertisements. First edition. [Hitchcock, 1279;[Holzenberg, # 89]. "Fifty-two large quarto plates, comprising a large number of halls, staircase parlors, libraries, dining rooms, etc. together with special designs for low cost, medium, and elaborate wood mantels, sideboards, furniture, wood ceiling doors, door and window trims, wainscots, bank, office and store fittings, in perspective, elevation, and detail, making a valuable series of suggestions f architects, and architectural designers," forming a surprisingly complete vis glossary of Aesthetic forms and motifs. Tuthill is best know as the designer New York City's Carnegie Hall, but was also an architectural writer and designer. Plates depict interiors and interior details as designed by fiftee architects and designers including W.A. Bates, Burnham & Root, Cabot & Chandl Edward Dewson, Gould & Angell, William Tuthill, et al. Previous owners libra name stamp used several times, mainly on front end leaf, title page and on reverse of plates and on obverse of one plate. A tight sound copy with some wear to the base of the spine, and some rubbing to the tips, else very good. (Inventory #: 40579)