SPL Hand Coloured Rare Book Collection Featuring Norman R Bobins

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TARBUCK, E. L. [architect]
The Builder`s Practical Director or Building for All Classes Containing Plans, Sections and Elevations for the Erection of Cottages, Villas, Farm Buildings, Dispensaries, Public Schools &c.

A practicable work with numerous designs for workingmen's cottages, farm labourer's cottages, gent's villas, a town house, general housing, public school buildings, libraries etc.

Published
Leipzig / Dresden / London: A Payne & Hagger, 1890.
Plates
78
Binding/Size
M=4to
Value
0-5000
Published
Leipzig / Dresden / London: A Payne & Hagger, 1890.
Ref
309

Many hand-coloured plates and other numerous b/w illustrations to text. 4 to. (290 x 180 mm) or (11" x 7") Half-leather over cloth boards with embossed gilt tooling to upper board. Spine elaborately tooled in gilt compartments, with red leather title piece. Good condition without dustwrapper. Boards rubbed and scuffed, spine expertly re-laid. Front endpaper missing. Tightly bound. Some pencil marks on eps. Illustrated with numerous plates and diagrams. Coloured plates in order: 1. Title page. 2. Design for a pair of seven roomed houses. Front elevation. 3. Trapping of Closets and Drains. (3 figs) 4. Labourers Cottage, adapted for a narrow slip of land. Elevation. 5. Plan for two fourth-rate houses. (5 figs) 6. Plan of Land for Freehold Allotments. 7. Design for a six roomed house. Front elevation. 8. Elevation for four fourth-rate houses and additions / Section shewing back wall of the principal building. 9. Elevation and plans for a pair of semi-detached family cottage residences. 10. Plan and elevation of two third-rate semi-detached seven-roomed cottages adapted for two small allotments. Elevation / Bedroom plan etc. 11. Design for a cottage residence. Front elevation. 12. Design for a cottage residence. Side elevation. 13. Workman's cottagers. Elevation & elevation for a row. 14. Labourer's cottagers. Elevation / Right side elevation / Back elevation. 15. Plan of a fourth-rate house addition. Elevation. 16. Designs for a pair of model cottages for Labourers, Mechanics, etc. Front elevation. 17. Elevation for a Gentleman's villa. 18. Pair of semi-detached seven roomed houses and offices. Elevation. 19. Plans and elevations of two semi-detached nine-roomed houses with conservatory and offices. Elevation. 20. Design for a pair of suburban residences. Front elevation. 21. Plan for a farm-house or parsonage. Elevation. 22. Farm-house or parsonage. Right-hand and left-hand side elevations. 23. Plan for a Bailiff's cottage. (3 figs) 24. Pair of second-rate houses. Elevation. 25. Front elevation [for building]. 26. Section of front wall shewing windows over fireplaces. 27. A cottage. Elevation. 28. Plan and elevation for a pair of ornamental villas. Principal elevation. 29. [Design for a detached villa]. Front elevation & side elevation. 30. Design for a Gentleman's residence / General elevation of coach-house and stable. 31. Public school and residence. 32. Design for semi-detached family residence. Front elevation. 33. Design for a pair of model cottages for Labourer's, Mechanics, etc., front elevation. 34. A pair of Gentlemen's villa residences. Elevation. 35. Design for an isolated villa. Front elevation. 36. Design for an Italian villa. Principal elevation. 37. Design for an Italian villa. Side elevation. 38. Design for a pair of six-roomed cottages. Front elevation. 39. Design for a small villa - rooms all on one level. Front elevation. 40. Design for a villa containing 13 rooms. Front elevation. 41. Design for semi-detached townhouses. Front elevation. 42. Design for a suburban villa. Front and side elevations. 43. Design for a pair of seven roomed villas. Front elevation. 44. Design for a pair of seven roomed villas. Side elevation. 45. Design for a pair of suburban houses. Front elevation. 46. Design for a pair of eight-roomed houses. Front elevation. 47. Design for a row of nine-roomed houses. Elevation. 48. Design for a shop front. Elevation. 49. Design for a detached villa. Principal elevation. 50. Design for a detached townhouse. Principal elevation. 51. Public Medical Library. Front elevation. 52. Designs for cemetery chapels. Side section. 53. Designs for cemetery chapels. (Mason's details) Elevation and plan for arcade windows / Side windows to chapel / interior elevation of a window. 54. Designs for cemetery chapels. (Mason's details) (6 figs) 55. Designs for cemetery chapels. (Mason's details) Window Episcopal Chapel. 56. Designs for cemetery chapels. (Mason's details) Turret (5 figs). 57. Joiner's details. Porch door / Door to Belfry etc. (8 figs) 58. Designs for cemetery chapels. (Joiner's details) Elevations of benches. (10 figs) 59. Designs for shop fittings. Transverse section / Exterior elevation. 60. Designs for shop fittings. Longitudinal Section. 61. Designs for shop fittings. Counters. (Joiner's details) Side / Front / Section. (10 figs) 62. Designs for cemetery lodge and entrance gates. Front elevation. 63. Designs for cemetery lodge. Side elevations. 64. Details of gates to the cemetery. (8 figs) 65. Designs for cemetery lodges (Mason's details) Chimney pieces. (10 figs) 66. Designs for shop fittings. Exterior elevation / Transverse section. 67. Designs for shop fittings. Longitudinal Section. 68. Designs for shop fittings. (Plaster's & Joiner's details) Elevation / Plan / Section. 69. Designs for shop fittings. (Joiner's details) Details for cases. 70. Design for a chapel. Principal elevation. 71. Design for a chapel. Longitudinal section and side elevation. 72. Designs for a chapel. Elevations. 73. Designs for a chapel. (Joiner's details) Pulpit. Elevation / Section. 74. Design for a square skylight. Section & Plan. 75. Fittings for schools. Desk and seats / Detached seats with backs. 76. Fireproof Construction, etc. (6 figs) 77. Fireproof Construction, etc. (14 figs) 78. Headstones, etc., for cemetery grounds. (9 figs)