This magnficent reproduction of a rare sourcebook includes 21 designs for mid-19th-century homes, as well as landscaping layouts, floor plans, elevations, and detailed cost estimates for materials and labor. Designs range from a charming Tudor-styled cottage to a spacious French villa, complete with ten bedrooms and a wraparound veranda. 60 plates of black-and-white illustrations. Republication of Volume I of The Architect: A Series of Original Designs, for Domestic and Ornamental Cottages and Villas, Connected with Landscape Gardening, Adapted to the United States, published by William H. Graham, New York, 1847.
