Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-01-28
THE ARCHITECT:

| 4 SERIES OF ORIGINAL DESIGNS, fol
"a Domestic and Ornamental Cottages, con.
nected with Landscape Gardening, adapted TO the
United States Illustrated by Drawings OF
Ground Plans, Perspective Views; Elevations
Sections, and Details, by William II. Ranctt, Ar
chtcct, Published in twenty numbers price Sc
cents per No., making two volumes royal quarto
Price Sl2
large commercial towns. We have never before
seen work on architecture SO well ndnpted 10 the
wants OF the American people. II is ut once scion.
tific and Practical-Hunt's Magazine.
we have already expressed an opinion of lis
merits, ranking it among the best works of the
Kind that ever have been published in the country
and we cannot but believe that II will he of rrcnt
service in maturing the architectural taste of our
people.-MiTrOr.
The circulation of such drawings as arc found In
the Architect, will create taste among our citi-
Zens; and the specifications of materials mud Ia
Dor required, prove very important item In the
knowledge of those Interested in buildinV-SY
Louis Erening Gazette.
The architect is work admirably calculated for
NOSE VINO are engaged i'll building whether for or
hancnt or useful purPoses.-EUening Express.
Its practical utility cannot be doubted bv anv
who will take the trouble TO examine its contents
The full specifications and estimates of building
accompanying each plan, can DO relied on with
implicit conhdence.-FGrmeT and Mechanic.
This work has passed through its first volume
country like ours, the publication of original do.
signs for domestic and ornamental cottages. con-
nected with landscape gardening, adapted 10 the
climate, is calculated to have an important inAu-
enGe upon the style Of architecture in public as
well as in private ediiccs. Such publication v1e
have in the Notwithstanding Star.
contains many plans and specifications Of or
hamental cottages, suitable to every class and
narse, with estimates of the cost; thus saving te
expense oil an architect. 1t is intended through
tne AIchltect, TO combine elegance with utility
and TO cultivate refined taste al moderate
both in and around the dwellings of ouT citizenS
we can commend them without qualification IA
me attenton OF gentlemen looking for pIans for
the neatest Of all country residences the cottage
WI. hanlett, the author Of the designs in the Ar
Shitect' may have the satisfaction Of knowing that
ne Is contributing to refine and elevate the taste
Of his cOuntrymen.-TTibune.
with the information here afforded, one can at
glance ascertain the cost of any STYLE of cottage
mat strikes his fancy; without the expense Of from
thirty TO hundred dollars usually paid for archi-
tectural drawings for to these designs, are also
added full descriptions, with specifications and es-
Inmates Of the materials and labor. The exeeu-
ton Of these numbers, both photographic and typo
graphic, is excellent and the paper fine, rendering
them ornaments for drawtng-rOOms. -
. ei.s.s- Journal Of Commerce.
The specifications and estimates are SO minute
~ and clearly made out, the drawings are so fii:
and the directions so exact, that any gentleman
wanting to bnild may be his own architect and
clerk ofthe work = provided he adopts any Of the
adm 1 r designs in M Ranlett's work-1Hles
We could multiply notices, ad infinitnn. but The
above viii suffice. II is believed that no work
ever published either in Europe or this country.
q us size, has ever had more extensive sale. or
been more generally nppreciafed o 4 ~ S1i9
Published By Dewitt & Davenport. .frib,,rs
Buildings New York. ~ ~ = y 1870 - ~