May 19, 2005 - Sale 2044

Sale 2044 - Lot 10

Price Realized: $ 748
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(ARCHITECTURE.) Ranlett, William H. The Architect, a Series of Original Designs for Domestic and Ornamental Cottages and Villas Connected with Landscape Gardening Adapted to the United States. 120 plates, plans, and elevations, many as tinted lithographs. 2 volumes. Folio, rebound in 1/2 morocco stamped in gold; original wrappers for Part 1 bound in the rear of that volume, some wear and repairs to covers, preliminaries of Volume 1 reinforced at edges, scattered minor internal wear, plates bright; ex-library, with a few small stamps and pencil notations. Mixed editions of first 10 parts; Second Edition of Volume 2. sold as is. New York, 1847-51

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Important antebellum guidebook on American architecture using European influences. It is also one of the first pattern books to include homes with planned landscapes. Hitchcock 971; Avery 825; Sabin 67893.