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Title: The Model Architect. A Series of Original Designs for Cottages, Villas, Suburban Residences, etc. Accompanied by Explanations, Specifications, Estimates, and Elaborate Details... Author: Sloan, Samuel Place: Philadelphia Publisher: E.S. Jones & Co. Date: [1852] Description: 2 vols. [5]-104; [3]-102 + [2] ad pp. Illus. with 210 lithographed plates (on fewer sheets; sometimes 2 plates per sheet), most duotone or line, but 5 in color. 14x10½, period half morocco & marbled boards. Important architectural work demonstrating the array of private buildings the upper middle class and more wealthy Americans could have commissioned, from ten-room "cottages" to Italian-style villas, with numerous lithographed views of the buildings, floor plans, measured drawings, detail work, etc. Lot Amendments Condition: Covers rubbed and worn, spine ends chipped; some foxing, darkening and mostly marginal dampstaining within, good to very good. Item number: 173488