THE ARCHITECTURAL SKETCHBOOK Volume I, 1873 -1874

Boston: James R. Osgood, 1875. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Splendid record of American civic and residential architecture later half 19thC, which we now see as Victorian, mostly of structures in New York State and New England. Folio, uncommon, originla pictorial covers, leather spine, unpaginated. Illustrated with sketches and plans for the most contemporary structures of the day, many of which have been either raised or now historic places. including Trinity Church (in Copley Square, Boston), "cottages" in Newport RI, the State House in Harford, CT, etc. Moderately foxed, front hinge revealed top and bottom. Entries run from No 1 July 1973 through No XII June 1874. Overall plates altogether. Moderately foxed, front hinge revealed top and bottom. (Inventory #: 011984)