668 REPORTS OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE. 



terms on which they would he willing to puhlish the volume of " Puhlic Architec- 

 ture," of which the preparation was intrusted to me by resolution of the committee 

 of the Gth March, I finally, with the aid of Mr. Drayton, (to whom I am greatly 

 indebted for the valuable information and assistance he gave me,) made with Wiley 

 & Putnam, one of the most respectable firms of the city, tbe following contract : 



Agreement between Wiley § Putnam, publishers of the city of New York, of the first 

 part, and the Building Committee of the Smithsonian Institution, by the chairman 

 of said committee, of the second part, dated this 3d day of April, 1847. 



Whereas the said Building Committee are charged with the preparation and publi- 

 cation of a volume on architecture, to be entitled " Hints on Public Architecture," 

 and to contain numerous and valuable illustrations, including two perspective views 

 of the buildings of the said Smithsonian Institution, and also to have an appendix 

 containing the results of a research about to be made under the auspices of the said 

 Institution, to test the properties of the most important building materials through- 

 out the United States. 



Now the parties of the first part hereby contract and agree to have the said work 

 set up in small pica, of such face as the said committee shall select; thin-leaded for 

 the body of the work, and either small pica solid or long primer for the appendix, at 

 the option of said committee. And the said parties of the first part agree, that the 

 letter-press paper shall measure 19£inches by 26, and that it shall be of such quality 

 as to cost not less than 16 cents per pound, and that each ream shall weigh not less 

 than 40 pounds. And the parties of the first part further agree, that the printing 

 shall be done in the best manner, with ink of the first quality, and the wood-cuts- 

 carefully overlaid, (so as to give their full effect,) by a suitable person accustomed to 

 such work ; and also, that the copperplate paper shall be of quality as good as the- 

 letter-press paper, of the same size, and of the proper thickness and qualities required 

 for fine illustrations, and that the copperplate printing shall be done in the best 

 manner. And the said parties of the first part further agree, that the page of printed 

 matter shall be about five inches and three-quarters by nine inches, and that the 

 binding shall be in cloth, gilt lettered, and of such material as shall cost thirty cents 

 per volume. And the said parties of the first part agree to do the whole of the above 

 work, including materials, at their own cost and expense. 



And the party of the second part agree that they will furnish, at their own cost 

 and expense, the entire illustrations for said work, including two perspective views- 

 of the Smithsonian Institution, and that the said illustrations shall be of such 

 number and quality as shall cost one thousand dollars, and said illustrations shall be- 

 executed in the best style of art ; and that as many of the said illustrations as are to 

 be incorporated with the text shall be wood-cuts, and that the rest shall be either 

 copperplate or steel engravings ; and that they will deliver the same to the parties of 

 the first part free of all charge, and completely ready for printing. And the said 

 parties of the second part further agree that they will furnish to the parties of the 

 first part the manuscript of the said work free of all charge, and that- the same shall 

 not exceed, including the appendix, one hundred and fifty printed pages. 



And for and in consideration of the furnishing, by the said parties of the second 

 part, of the illustrations and manuscript as aforesaid, the parties of the first part 

 agree to deliver to the parties of the second part five hundred copies of the said work, 

 complete and bound as aforesaid, so soon as the same can be prepared ; and they 

 further agree that, so soon as the sale of the said work shall have returned to them 

 the cost of composition, printing, paper, and binding, then, out of the first profits of 

 the same they the said party of the first part will further deliver to the parties of the 

 second part additional copies of the said work until the said additional copies amount 

 to five hundred, so that the whole number of copies furnished shall be one thousand 

 in all, free of all charge to the parties of the second part. 



And it is mutually agreed that after the delivery of the said thousand copies the 

 said illustrations shall be and remain the property of the parties of the first part ; 

 but the said parties of the first part agree that they will at any time, on being thereto 

 required by the parties of the second part, deliver to the said parties of the second 

 part any number of impressions from any of the said plates at the cost of paper and 

 printing. 



And the said parties of the first part agree that so soon as the illustrations and 

 manuscript are delivered to them, they will cause the said work to be published with- 

 out unnecessary delay. 



In testimony whereof, the parties of the first part have hereunto set their hands- 

 and seals, and the chairman of the said Buildimr Committee has hereunto subscribed 



