Architectural designs for model country residences
Subtitle: illustrated by colored drawings of elevations and ground plans, accompanied by general descriptions and estimates : prepared expressly for persons who contemplate building, and artisans throughout the United States
By: by John Riddell, architect
Contributors: Gilman, Winthrop S., former owner; T. Sinclair's Lith
Publisher: John Riddell ...; Lindsay & Blakiston ...
Published: 1861
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 40
Subjects: Domestic Architecture; Buildings, structures; Designs and plans; Country homes
Other titles: Designs for country residences
Notes: Plates signed: John Riddell, architect; T. Sinclair's Lith. Phila.

"Printed by King & Baird ..." --Verso of t.p.

Title within decorative border.

Includes a list of buildings designed by J. Riddell, mostly in Philadelphia and the surrounding area, at the end of the volume.

Design for Life Exhibit NA7561.R54 1861 ; plate 12 8/1997 through 2/1998 William E. Baxter Cooper Hewitt Stephen Van Dyk.

Inscription on front free endpaper: With love to Cipe [?] & Bill from Lu & Edgar, May, 1956.

Autograph on front free endpaper: W.S. Gilman, Jr., June 3d, 1864.

Armorial bookplate: Winthrop S. Gilman, Jr., with motto: Si deus quis contra.

Publisher's embossed purple and brown cloth binding; cover title stamped in gold; rebacked with dark leather spine.