Rudimentary Treatise Cottage Building Hints for improving the dwellings of the labouring classes
London John Weale 1862 (1849-50)
Fourth edition with an appendix containing designs also for a higher class with practical hints. 122pp +12pp adverts for Weale's publications. numerous b/w plates throughout. Green cloth boards with paper label on upper board. Paper label refers to this copy as the Third Edition. The title page states that it is the 4th edition. Manual 42. Previous ownership signature on half title and title page. Book text preceded with list of Weale's publications on architectural subjects. Inside hinges and cloth on spine slightly cracked and some fading along spine.