Architectural Treatises & Building Handbooks
Available in American Libraries & Bookstores through 1800

Author: Janice G. Schimmelman

Publisher/Date: DE: Oak Knoll, 1999 (First edition, second printing revised and expanded, as stated on copyright page)

Format/Condition: NEW blue cloth hardcover book with dust jacket in fine condition. 221 pages, index.

Description: This annotated bibliography describes 147 architectural treatises and building handbooks that were available in American libraries and bookstores prior to 1800. The books listed were highly influential in colonial America. Originally published as part of the PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY in 1985, this revised and expanded edition is the first hardcover edition. ARCHITECTURAL BOOKS IN EARLY AMERICA is an essential and valuable tool for collectors and students of early American architecture.