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DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE/Plans/Plates/Drawings/KERR 1865
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EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE ARCHITECTURAL VOLUME “THE GENTLEMAN'S HOUSE; OR, HOW TO PLAN ENGLISH RESIDENCES” FROM THE PARSONAGE TO THE PALACE; WITH TABLES OF ACCOMODATION AND COST, AND A SERIES OF SELECTED PLANS. BY ROBERT KERR, ARCHITECT, PUBLISHED IN LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, 1865 . Fantastic and profusely illustrated work is this notably rare “Second Edition, revised, With A Supplement On Works of Alteration, And Additional Plates.” Kerr was a prolific writer as well as lecturer on architectural subjects, favoring a mixture of architectural styles, which he called “Latitudinarian.” This present book of Kerr's is described in the Oxford Dictionary Of National Biography as “the most lucid and encyclopedic account of mid-Victorian domestic planning.” No detail is too small for Kerr's attention. Even the poultry are taken care of; they must have plenty of space because “none will flourish without a good run of greensward.” With its comments on the upstairs and downstairs of life in those days this is also not only an architectural treasure but a superb book for the social historian and a reassuring volume at the time for those who wished to build a fine house in a variety of styles.
Contents; Book is divided into five parts [the sixth part being an explanation of the 45 plates], with numerous plates, fold-out plans, in text drawings and illustrations to present an invaluable reference and an historically important worthy acquisition indeed. The original owner has made pencil notations and a handwritten "index" of pages that were apparently especially important to him [please see image]; the handwritten "index" is in the last part of this nineteenth century architectural treatise. The "table of contents" covers 24 pages with numerous headings and sub-headings in great detail. Further contents addressed; A Sketch Of The History And Development Of Domestic Plan In England, [Saxon, Norman, 11th to 19th centuries], The Principles Of Plan As Now Established, The Family Apartments, The Domestic Offices, The Stabling And Farm Offices, Stables, Carriage-House, Etc., Notes On The Alteration Of Existing Houses, Notes On Sites And Grounds, Gardens, Notes On Architectural Style [Elizabethan, Palladian, Elizabethan Style Revived, Rura-Italian, Palatial Italian, French Italian, English Renaissance, Medieval or Gothic, Cottage, Scotch Baronial, etc.] Notes On Accommodation And Cost, &c. 19th century book contains more than 31 wood engravings, and 45 lithographic plans/plates in a notably very rare book. We could not find another copy anyw including the well known book search engine and international data base. Bookplate of Arthur Leighton Guptill; a very accomplished artist and architect. "Arthur L. Guptill (1891-1956) who co-founded Watson-Guptill Publications and was co-editor of American Artist magazine, was an architect, a painter, an art director, an author, and a teacher. Born in Gorham, Maine, he graduated with a degree in architecture from Pratt Institute in 1912, and then studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A partner in Bearse & Guptill, architectural designers and illustrators, from 1919 to 1925, Mr. Guptill was a freelance specialist in design, freelance advertising artist, and advertising agency consultant from 1916 to 1937. The founder, president, and director of activities of the Amateur Artists Association of America, Mr. Guptill wrote numerous art instruction books. He taught at Pratt and the Brooklyn Museum and was a member of the Art Directors Club of New York and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in England."Condition; Hardbound volume in blue cloth covers with gilt lettering and design on spine in is good to very good condition; complete, internally fresh, and intact, with the following. Outer covers show shelf wear, previous owner has affixed his book plate inside front cover, inside front hinge would like to start but holding tight, outside back hinge is cracked yet holding tight, scuffing of outer corners, top and bottom of spine are scuffed and rubbed, a few short fold edg... 
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