"The Modern Geometrical Stair-Builder's Guide" 1845 DE GRAFF, Simon [architect]

BEING A PLAIN PRACTICAL SYSTEM OF HAND-RAILING, EMBRACING ALL ITS NECESSARY DETAILS.TOGETHER WITH THE USE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PRINCIPLES OF PRACTICAL GEOMETRY.

DE GRAFF, Simon [architect] Syracuse, N.Y.

[64] pp.

Geometrically illustrated by twenty-two steel engravings 

New York: Published for the Author 

1845

First Edition

10 1/4" x 7 1/4"

Good w/ *foxing condition noted*

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An original American manual of architectural detail. The fine plates depict geometrical patterns for the design of staircases. "The methods herein laid down by the author are entirely new and of his own invention." Very scarce.