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THE HANDBOOK OF SPECIFICATIONS ; or, Practical 



Guide to the Architect, Engineer, Surveyor, and Builder, in drawing 

 up Specifications and Contracts for Works and Constructions. 

 Illustrated by Precedents of Buildings actually executed by eminent 

 Architects and Engineers. Preceded by a Preliminary Essay, and 

 Skeletons of Specifications and Contracts, &c., &c. By Professor 

 Thomas L. Donaldson, M.I.B.A. With A Review of the 

 Law of Contracts. By W. Cunningham Glen, of the 

 Middle Temple. With 33 Lithographic Plates, 2 vols., 8vo, 2/. 2s, 

 In these two volumes of i,ioo pages (together), forty-four specifications of executed 

 works are given, including the specifications for parts of the new Houses of Parliament, 

 by Sir Charles Barry, and for the new Royal Exchange, by Mr. Tite, M.P. 

 Donaldson's Handbook of Specifications must be bought by all architects." — Builder, 



Taylor and Cresys Rome. 



THE ARCHITECTURAL ANTIQUITIES OF ROME. By 

 the late G. L. Taylor, Esq., F.S.A., and Edward Cresy, Esq. 

 New Edition, thoroughly revised, and supplemented under the 

 editorial care of the Rev. Alexander Taylor, M.A. (son of 

 the late G. L. Taylor, Esq.), Chaplain of Gray's Inn. This is 

 the only book which gives on a large scale, and with the precision 

 of architectural measurement, the principal Monuments of Ancient 

 Rome in plan, elevation, and detail. Large folio, with 130 Plates, 

 half-bound, 3/. 3«5'. 

 ■^^'^ Originally published in two volumes, folio, at 18/. iSj". 



Specifications for Practical Architectitre, 



SPECIFICATIONS FOR PRACTICAL ARCHITECTURE : 

 A Guide to the Architect, Engineer, Surveyor, and Builder ; with 

 an Essay on the Structure and Science of Modern Buildings. By 

 Frederick Rogers, Architect. With numerous Illustrations. 

 Demy 8vo, 15^., cloth. (PubUshed at i/. \os.) 



A volume of specifications of a practical character being greatly required, and the 

 old standard work of Alfred Bartholomew bemg out of print, the author, on the basis 

 of that work, has produced the above. He has also inserted specifications of works 

 that have been erected in his own practice. 



The Hoicse-Owners Estimator. 



THE HOUSE-OWNER'S ESTIMATOR ; or. What will it 

 Cost to Build, Alter, or Repair? A Price-Book adapted to the 

 Use of Unprofessional People as well as for the Architectural 

 Surveyor and Builder. By the late James D. Simon, A.R.I.B.A. 

 Edited and Revised by Francis T. W. Miller, Surveyor. With 

 numerous Illustrations. Second Edition, with the prices carefully 

 revised to 1875. Crown 8vo, cloth, y. 6d. 



" In two 3^ears it will repay its cost a hundred times over." — Field. 

 *' A very handy book for those who want to know what a house will cost to build, 

 alter, or repair," — E?iglish Mechanic. 



" Especially valuable to non-professional readers." — Mining Journal, 



Useful Text-Book for Architects. 



THE ARCHITECT'S GUIDE : Being a Text-book of Useful 

 Information for Architects, Engineers, Surveyors, Contractors, 

 Clerks of Works, &c., &:c. By Frederick Rogers, Architect, 

 Author of * Specifications for Practical Architecture,' &c. With 

 numerous Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 6i-. cloth. 



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