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THE ARCHITECTURAL

DRAWING & DESIGN

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A truly stunning and unique collection of over 140 rare, out-of-print books compiled together for the first time on one USB flash drive covering all aspects of ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING, DRAFTING & DESIGN.

Discover the art of architectural drawing and sketching. Study the principles of perspective, shading, rendering and projection. Read about building plans and how to draw them. Learn how to read blueprints and interpret working drawings. Understand the principles of drafting and drawing room practice. Including manuals and guides full of useful hints, tips, lessons, exercises and instructions, some of the books contained within this collection are extremely hard-to-find and provide a valuable library of reference material. Overall, an absolute must for anyone with an interest in architectural drawing, drafting and building design. The full list of titles included speaks for itself….

This superb compilation of 141 vintage books provides literally 1,000’s of pages of great content and fabulous photos / illustrations for the reader. All of the books have been scanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf format - easy to read on your laptop or computer, or transfer to tablet, smartphone, kindle or e-reader. You can also print entire books or select pages.

This is without doubt the most extensive collection of its kind - compiled over time by rare-book-collections, and only available here!

The Full List of Titles Included is as Follows:

A course in shades and shadows - for the use of colleges and scientific schools - W. Watson (1885)

A dictionary of architecture and building - biographical, historical, and descriptive Vols. 1 - 3 - R. Sturgis (1902)

A hand-book for mapping, engineering, and architectural drawing - B. Wilme (1846)

A handbook of architectural styles - A. Rosengarten (1912)

A history of architecture Vols. 1 - 4 - R. Sturgis (1904)

A manual of drafting instruments & operations - S. E. Warren (1892)

A manual of historic ornament; treating upon the evolution, tradition, and development of architecture & the applied arts - R. Glazier (1899)

A Primer of Architectural Drawing for Young Students - W. Dana (1910)

A rudimentary and practical treatise on perspective for beginners - G. Pyne (1866)

A text-book of geometrical drawing - W. Minifie (1903)

A textbook on architecture and building construction Vols. 1 - 7 International Correspondence Schools (1900)

A treatise on painting - L. Da Vinci (1802)

A treatise on the decorative part of civil architecture - W. Chambers (1862)

Agricultural drawing and the design of farm structures - T. E. French (1915)

An encyclopædia of cottage, farm, and villa architecture - J. C. Loudon (1846)

An improved and enlarged edition of Biddle's young carpenter's assistant being a complete system of architecture for carpenters, joiners, and workmen in general - O. Biddle (1833)

Appleton's cyclopaedia of drawing - designed as a text-book for the mechanic, architect, engineer, and surveyor - W. E. Worthen (1869)

Architectural details for every type of building a practical drafting room guide for contractors, builders, lumber dealers, millmen, draftsmen and architects - W. A. Radford (1921)

Architectural drafting - A. B. Greenberg (1913)

Architectural drawing - C. Edminster (1899)

Architectural drawing - O. Teal (1920)

Architectural drawing - R. P. Spiers (1888)

Architectural drawing - W. B. Field (1922)

Architectural drawing and draughtsmen - R. Blomfield (1912)

Architectural Drawing and Lettering (1909)

Architectural drawing for mechanics - I. P. Hicks (1897)

Architectural drawing for secondary schools - R. F. Windoes (1917)

Architectural perspective - F. O. Ferguson (1903)

Architectural rendering in sepia - F. F. Frederick (1892)

Architectural rendering in wash - H. Magonigle (1921)

Architectural shades and shadows - H. McGoodwin (1904)

Architectural sketches for cottages, rural dwellings, and villas, in the Grecian, Gothic, and fancy styles, with plans - R. Lugar (1815)

Architectural sketching and drawing in perspective - H. W. Roberts (1906)

Architecture and how to sketch it - illustrated by sketches of typical examples - H. Roberts (1910)

Artistic homes - H. C. Chivers (1903)

Barn plans and outbuildings - B. D. Halsted (1914)

Beyond architecture - A. K. Porter (1918)

Blue print reading; interpreting working drawings - E. M. Wyatt (1920)

Builders' architectural drawing self-taught - F. T. Hodgson (1917)

Building plans and how to draw them - I. Hicks (1909)

Constructive drawing - H. Hanstein (1908)

Cottage, lodge, and villa architecture - W. Audsley (1870)

Country and suburban houses; a collection of exterior and interior sketches with floor plans - W. Dewsnap (1912)

Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry and building Vols. 1 - 10 (1907)

Cyclopedia of drawing Vols. 1 & 2 - (1905)

Domestic architecture, being a series of designs for mansions, villas, rectory houses, parsonage houses, bailiffs' lodge, gardener's lodge, game-keeper's lodge, park gate lodges, etc. - F. Goodwin (1833)

Drafting room practice - E. Clute (1921)

Draftsman's manual, or, How can I learn architecture - hints to enquirers directions in draftsmanship - F. T. Camp (1882)

Drawing for builders; a problem course in architectural drawing - R. Dale (1916)

Easy steps in architecture and architectural drawing - F. T. Hodgson (1913)

Elements of pen-and-ink rendering (1921)

Encyclopedia of architecture Vols. 1 & 2 - P. Nicholson (1853)

Geometrical drawing, projection drawing, freehand and ornamental drawing, wash work and brush drawing, elementary perspective drawing, architectural drawing (1921)

Graphics and structural design - H. D. Hess (1915)

Hints on architectural draughtsmanship - G. W. Hallatt (1902)

House drainage, a handbook for architects and building inspectors - G. Middleton (1895)

How to Do Architectural Drawing - O. S. Teale (1914)

Industrial drawing; comprising the description and uses of drawing instruments, the construction of plane figures, tinting, mechanical and topographical drawing by D. Mahan (1888)

Isometric drawing; a treatise on mechanical illustrating dealing with typical constructions and outlining - A. P. Jamison (1911)

Modern buildings, their planning, construction and equipment Vols. 1 - 6 - G. Middleton (1905)

Modern homes - National Plan Service, Inc. (1920)

Ornamental drawing, and architectural design - R. S. Burn (1857)

Over the drawing board; a draftmen's hand book - B. J. Lubschez (1918)

Pen drawing, an illustrated treatise - C. Maginnis (1903)

Pen sketches of old houses - W. E. Barry (1897)

Pencil studies - C. Rowbotham (1800)

Perspective sketching from working drawings - F. E. Mathewson (1908)

Practical builder, or, Workman's general assistant, shewing the most approved and easy methods for drawing and working the whole or separate part of any building - W. Pain (1774)

Practical Geometry, Linear Perspective, and Projection - T. Bradley (1834)

Principles of architectural composition - J. B. Robinson (1899)

Progressive steps in architectural drawing - G. Seaman (1919)

Radford's architectural drawing - W. A. Radford (1912)

Radford's combined house and barn plan book - W. A. Radford (1908)

Reading architects' blueprints - W. S. Lowndes (1922)

Researches in the theory of architectural design - R. W. Weirick (1900)

Rudimentary architecture for the use of beginners. The history and description of the styles of architecture of various countries, from the earliest to the present period - T. T. Bury (1874)

Rudimentary architecture for the use of beginners and students. The orders, and their æsthetic principles - W. H. Leeds (1854)

Rudimentary dictionary of terms used in architecture, civil, architecture, naval, building and construction, etc. - J. Weale (1860)

Rudimentary treatise on the principles of design in architecture - E. L. Garbett (1850)

Rural architecture consisting of classic dwellings, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and Gothic - E. Shaw (1843)

Self-instruction for young gardeners, foresters, bailiffs, land-stewards, and farmers; in arithmetic and book-keeping, geometry, mensuration ... architectural drawing, etc; - J. Loudon (1845)

Shades and shadows, with applications to architectural details, and exercises in drawing them with the brush and pen - W. R. Ware (1912)

Six lectures on architecture - R. A. Cram (1917)

Sketches of architecture original drawings, mostly of Europe Vols. 1 & 2 - R. Sturgis (1884)

Sketching and rendering in pencil - A. L. Guptill (1922)

Sloan's constructive architecture - a guide to the practical builder and mechanic - S. Sloan (1859)

Small architectural perspective views - H. Vredeman de Vries (1562)

Some hints on learning to draw - G. Hutchinson (1893)

Structural design Vols. 1 & 2 - H. R. Thayer (1914)

Structural drafting - F. Dufour (1921)

Successful houses and how to build them - C. E. White (1912)

The book of a hundred houses - a collection of pictures, plans and suggestions for householder (1902)

The book of farm-buildings; their arrangement and construction - H. Stephens (1861)

The builder's director, or bench-mate - being a pocket-treasury of the Grecian, Roman and Gothic orders of architecture - B. Langley (1751)

The city and country builder's and workman's treasury of designs or, The art of drawing and working the ornamental parts of architecture - B. Langley (1741)

The draftsman - R. W. Shelmire (1919)

The draughtsman's handbook of plan and map drawing, including instructions for the preparation of engineering, architectural, and mechanical drawings - G. G. Andre (1874)

The drawing guide - a manual of instruction in industrial drawing - M. Willson (1873)

The elements of building construction and architectural drawing - E. A. Davidson (1869)

The elements of drawing - G. Hamilton (1827)

The English home - B. Fletcher (1910)

The illustrated architectural, engineering, & mechanical drawing-book for the use of schools, students, and artisans ; upwards of 300 illustrations - R. Burn (1856)

The illustrated London practical geometry, and its application to architectural drawing - R. S. Burn (1853)

The power of form applied to geometric tracery - R. W. Billings (1851)

The practical draughtsman's book of industrial design, and machinist's and engineer's drawing companion - C. Armengaud (1866)

The practical exemplar of architecture Vols. 1 & 2 - M. E. Macartney (1907)

The Radford American homes; 100 house plans - Radford Architectural Company (1903)

The study of architectural drawing in the School of Architecture (1896)

The temple builder's most useful companion ... in the Greek, Roman, and Gothic taste - T. C. Overton (1774)

Twenty-four Craftsman houses, with floor plans - G. Stickley (1911)

An absolute must for architects or anyone else with an interest in architecture, architectural drawing and design – an unbelievable treasure trove of information for a very small price!

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