The architectural instructor, containing a history of architecture from the earliest ages to the present time
Subtitle: illustrated with nearly 250 engravings of ancient, mediæval, and modern cities, temples, palaces, cathedrals, and monuments; also, the Greek and early Roman classic orders, their principles and beauties; with a large number of original designs of cottages, villas, and mansions, of different sizes, accompanied with practical observations on construction ... and further designs of churches, monuments, and public buildings; together with a glossary of architectural terms ...
By: By Minard Lafever, architect
Contributors: Durst, Seymour B., 1913-1995, former owner
Publisher: G. P. Putnam & Co.
Published: 1856
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 526
Subjects: Architecture; History
Notes: Avery Classics (Offsite) copy: Seymour B. Durst Old York Library Collection, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.

Avery Classics (Offsite) copy: Chapters IX-X1 (p. 449-476, plates XXX-XCII, CXI-CXII).

Avery Classics (Offsite) copy: Lacking title page and imprint information; half-title page with title "The architectural instructor" only.

Gift; Seymour Durst; 2012. plate:seymourdurst