Rudimentary treatise on the erection of dwelling-houses : illustrated by a perspective view, plans, elevations, and sections of a pair of semi-detached villas with the specification, quantities, and estimates and every requisite detail, in sequence, for their construction and finishing / by . RUDIMENTARY TREATISE ON THEERECTION OF DWELLING-HOUSES ILLUSTRATED BY A PERSPECTIVE VIEW, PLANS, ELEVATIONS, AND SECTIONSOF A PAIR OF SEMI-DETACHED VILLAS WITH %\t ^ptrifaatum, Qvumittm, anb Estimates AND EVERY REQUISITE DETAIL, IN SEQUENCE, FOR THEIRCONSTRUCTION AND FINISHING By S. H. BROOKS, A
Rudimentary treatise on the erection of dwelling-houses : illustrated by a perspective view, plans, elevations, and sections of a pair of semi-detached villas with the specification, quantities, and estimates and every requisite detail, in sequence, for their construction and finishing / by . RUDIMENTARY TREATISE ON THEERECTION OF DWELLING-HOUSES ILLUSTRATED BY A PERSPECTIVE VIEW, PLANS, ELEVATIONS, AND SECTIONSOF A PAIR OF SEMI-DETACHED VILLAS WITH %\t ^ptrifaatum, Qvumittm, anb Estimates AND EVERY REQUISITE DETAIL, IN SEQUENCE, FOR THEIRCONSTRUCTION AND FINISHING By S. H. BROOKS, Architect NEW EDITION. WITH ADDITIONS. Arch .fJTL [MM LONDONLOCKWOOD & CO., 7, STATIONERS HALL COURT LUDGATE HILL j Ll 1874 /£ 7^/6%? j PREFACE. In our professional practice we have frequently beenapplied to for a treatise on Building, to which theyoung student in Architecture, as well as in Building,might refer and see, in an erection of simplicity orsplendour, the necessity of studying all the detailsessential for such erection. In the office of the Archi-tect, it frequently occurs that Buildings, from thevariableness of practice, are only taken in detachedparts as the work proceeds ; and in the workshop ofthe Bulkier (where they have drawings and specificationsto work from), the workman, or pupil, is seldom allowedto see them, but takes his instructions from the fore-man for the portion of work to be executed; conse-quently he has little opportunity of acquiring thecombined information requisite for the artisan in thebuilding department to possess. Under such considerations the present work wasprojected by Mr. Weal
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