Shaw, Edward  b. 1784. <br/><br/>
The modern architect  a classic Victorian stylebook and carpenter's manual  txt 
Edward Shaw ; with a new introduction by Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr. 
 - Dover ed. 
 - xiv, 193 p.  ill.  29 cm.  book 
 - Dover books on architecture .
<br/><br/> Originally published: Boston : Dayton and Wentworth, 1854. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>Contents:<br/><br/>History and Progress of architecture.<br/><br/>The Characteristitics of the Styles of Architecture<br/><br/>The Egyptian Style<br/><br/>Grecian and roman Architecture<br/><br/>The Tuscan Order<br/><br/>The Ionic Order<br/><br/>The Roman or Composite OrderThe Corintian Order<br/><br/>Persian and Caryatides<br/><br/>Pilasters<br/><br/>Pediments<br/><br/>Gothic Architecture<br/><br/>The Decorated English style<br/><br/>Architecture of America<br/><br/>The Arrangement and construction of Dwelling-Houses, and of Buildings in General<br/><br/>Doors<br/><br/>Windows<br/><br/>Chimney-Pieces<br/><br/>Stairs<br/><br/>Grecian Doric(plates)<br/><br/>Grecian Ionic(plates)<br/><br/>Grecian Corinthian(plates)<br/><br/>Gothic(plates)<br/><br/>Glossary of architectural Terms<br/><br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0486289214 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>95047173  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Architecture, Victorian--Handbooks, manuals, etc.--United States
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>NA710.5  / S53 1996 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>720