HINTS ON PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE, Containing among other Illustrations, Views and Plans of the Smithsonian. Together with an Appendix Relative to Building Materials . .
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New York: George P. Putnam, 1849. First edition. 4to. 17, 119 pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title-page, 6 full-page lithographs with some tidemarks, 7 fullpage engravings, and 99 woodcut illustrations in the text. Blue publisher's cloth, gilt on front board and spine, slightly faded. Cloth rubbed through on spine ends. R. D. Owen wrote his Hints on Public Architecture “to introduce the members of the Building Committee of the Smithsonian
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