Publication

2016 - American Philosophical Society Press, Philadelphia, PA, Pennsylvania

Language

English

Word Count

39,000 words, Guess

Page Count

156 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101606180622
  • ISBN-139781606180624
  • Library of Congress Control Number2016030292
  • OCLC Control Number952700970
  • Better World Books9781606180624
and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC720.92
  • LCCNA737.S455 O39 2016
  • LCCNA737.S455O39 2016

Description

This is the first in-depth study of the career of an important antebellum American architect and author. It is a contribution to the history of architecture and the history of the book. In the quarter century after 1830, Edward Shaw designed dozens of town houses in Boston, including the landmark Adam Wallace Thaxer, Jr. house on Beacon Hill (1836). Shaw also published five influential books on architecture and structural materials, one of them reprinted in several editions to 1900. Research in Boston archives has unearthed building records and drawings for unbuilt Shaw designs. The book also describes the design and contents of Shaw's published works, and traces their distribution across the country, from Maine to Oregon. -- Back cover.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Transactions of the American Philosophical Society -- volume 106, part 2
  • Transactions of the American Philosophical Society -- v. 106, pt. 2.

Other Editions

  • Edward Shaw of BostonAmerican Philosophical Society Press2016

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