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Hints to Young Architects, Calculated to Facilitate Their Practical Operations; with Additional Notes and Hints to Persons About Building in This Country

Author George Wightwick American
Author Additional notes written by Andrew Jackson Downing American
Publisher Wiley & Putnam American
1851
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  • Title: Hints to Young Architects, Calculated to Facilitate Their Practical Operations; with Additional Notes and Hints to Persons About Building in This Country
  • Author: George Wightwick (American, 1802–1872)
  • Author: Additional notes written by Andrew Jackson Downing (American, Newburgh, New York 1815–1852 Yonkers, New York)
  • Publisher: Wiley & Putnam (New York) and London
  • Published in: London; New York
  • Date: 1851
  • Medium: Illustrations: transfer lithographs
  • Dimensions: 9 7/16 × 5 7/8 × 13/16 in. (24 × 15 × 2 cm)
  • Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1924
  • Object Number: 24.66.364
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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