The American Vitruvius: An Architect's Handbook of Civic Art
New York: Architectural Book, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. 298 pages. Folio, 41 x 20.5 cm. 1203 illustrations, photographs, drawings tos cale, plans and old prints. List of Books. Index of Illustrations. ARNTZEN/RAINWATER J46. "A pioneer work on historic civic design. Valuable as a corpus of plans, drawings and photographs. The objective has been the compilation of a thesaurus, a representative collection of creations in civic art, so grouped and so interpreted in text and captions as seems best suited to bring out the special significance of each design." Rubbing to backstrip extremities and corners. Orig. navy cloth lettered in gilt. Very good. Item #24273
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