05. Texts On Building
Pierre Bullet, Architecture Pratique, &c. Jean-Thomas Herrisant, Paris 1755. [Link]
Peter Nicholson. Mechanical Exercises; or the Elements and Practice of Carpentry, &c, &c. London 1812. [Link]
Jean-Baptiste Rondelet. Traité Theéorique et Pratique de l'Art de Batir. 6 vols, Paris 1812-17. [including 1 folio volume of plates]
M J Sganzin, Programmes ou Résumés des Leçons d’un Cours de Construction .3rd ed, Courcier. Paris 1821,
Peter Nicholson, The New Practical Builder, and Workman's Companion &c. 2 vols, Thomas Kelly, London 1823. [Link: Vol 1, Vol 2]
The Useful Arts Employed in the Construction of Dwelling Houses. 2nd ed, London 1851. [Link]
Edward Dobson. The Art of Building. London 1854. [Link]
R S Burn. The Colonist's and Emigrant's Handbook of the Mechanical Arts. Edinburgh & London, 1854. This would have been used as a reference in Australia, and is reviewed in the Australian Builder,no 3 (16 August 1855), p 22.
A C Smeaton. The Builder's Pocket Manual. London 1854. [Link]
[J L Tarbuck]. The Builder's Practical Director. Leipzig &c nd, c 1858. [Link]
Robert Robson. The Mason's, Bricklayer's, Plasterer's and Decorator's Practical Guide. London, no date, c 1860. Reference is made, p 23 and elsewhere, to Fergusson's Illustrated Handbook of Architecture, of 1855. [Link]
Théodore Chateau. Technologie du Bâtiment. 2 vols, Paris 1863 & 1866.
(ef) E S Eyland, Francis Lightbody & R S Burn. Working Drawings & Designs Architecture and Building. Edinburgh, no date, c 1863. [Link]
(ef) R S Burn. Modern Building and Architecture. London, no date, c 1870. Effectively a second edition of Eyland, Lightbody & Burn.
L Prud'homme. Cours Pratique de Construction. 2 vols, Paris 1870.
E A Davidson, The Elements of Building Construction and Architectural Drawing, &c. London, no date [1871].
R S Burn. Building Construction. London 1877.
C P Dwyer. The Immigrant Builder (10th ed ed, Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, Philadelphia 1878 [?1872]).
S H Brooks. The Erection of Dwelling Houses. 5th ed, London 1882 (?c 1850). [Link]
[Francis Young] Every Man His Own Mechanic. London, no date [?c 1882]. An advertisement facing p 816 refers to certificates awarded at an exhibition of 1881, which establishes a terminus ante quem. The preface is signed only 'F.Y.', but Francis Young is reportedly named as the author in the 10th edition of 1893, listed as item 219 in Bow Windows Book Shop catalogue 118. This cittion cannot be correct, because a much later edition by James Barnard, below, purports to be the 10th. [Link]
[Rivington's series]. Notes on Building Construction. All London, nine miscellaneous volumes. Part 1. 2nd ed 1883, also new ed 1899 (1875), new rev ed 1904; Part 2, 1887 and 1901 (1876); Part 3, 1879 and 1901 (1879); Part 4, 1901 (1891), 6th ed, 1904. [Link Part 1 1883, 1899, 1904; Part 2 1887, 1901; Part 3 1879, 1901; Part 4 1901, 1904]
E Barberot. Traité de Constructions Civiles. Paris 1900. [Link]
C F Mitchell. Building Construction and Drawing [First Stage or Elementary Course]. 5th ed, London 1900.
C F Mitchell. Building Construction and Drawing [First Stage or Elementary Course]. 9th ed, London 1920.
C F Mitchell. Building Construction and Drawing [Stages 2, 3 and Honours (Advanced and Honours Courses]. 5th ed, London 1906.
C F Mitchell & CA Mitchell. Building Construction [Part 2 Advanced Courses]. 9th ed, London 1919.
Cyclopedia of Architecture, Carpentry and Building. 10 vols, American School of Correspondence, Chicago 1909.
G L Sutcliffe [ed]. Modern House Construction. Divisional Vol 1 only. London 1900.
G L Sutcliffe [ed]. Modern House Construction. 6 vols, London 1909. [Link: Vol 1; Vol 2; Vol 3; Vol 4; Vol 5; Vol 6]
E Mourel-Maillard & L Dauchaud. Métre et Attachements de Terrasse, Maçonnerie, Carrelage, Ciments et Égouts, Turnell-Maçonnerie (1er Partie) [18th part of G Oslet, Cours de Construction]. Paris, no date [c 1900]. [Link]
L Dauchaud & C Piehl. Métre et Attachements, &c (2me Partie). Paris, no date [c 1900]. [Link]
C Piehl. Métre et Attachements, &c (3me Partie). Paris, no date [c 1900]. [Link]
E J Burrell, Elementary Building Construction and Drawing. Longmans Green, London 1903.
J W Riley. Building Construction for Beginners. London 1910.
J W Riley. Building Construction for Beginners. London 1912. [Link]
C A Martin, Details of Building Construction. Bates & Guild, Boston 1914.
Clough Williams-Ellis. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk & Clay. London 1919. Two copies, one of which was first mangled and then wrongfully stolen by the Melbourne University Architecture Branch Library, but since recovered.
Clough Williams-Ellis. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk & Clay. 2nd ed, London 19820 [1919]. Copy with dustjacket intact.
F T Hodgson et al [The American Technical Society]. Architecture, Carpentry, and Building. 5 vols, Chicago 1925-6 [1910].
P G Knobloch. Good Practice in Construction Part II. New York 1925.
P G Knobloch. Good Practice in Construction. New York 1931. Incorporates the former parts 1 & 2 [1923 & 1925].
(p) A Buchanan & W H Hudson, Building Construction Plates for Students and Others. Part II. Advanced Course. London, no date [?c 1930]. [Link]
W R Jaggard & F E Drury. Architectural Building Construction. Vol I, 2nd ed, Cambridge 1922; also 4th ed, Cambridge 1945. Vol II, 2nd ed, Cambridge 1946. Vol III, 2nd ed, Cambridge 1937; also 2nd ed (reprint), Cambridge 1947. [Link: Vol I 4th ed; Vol II 2nd ed; Vol III 2nd ed (reprint)]
G A Hool & N C Johnson. Handbook of Building Construction. 2nd ed, 2 vols, New York 1929. [Link: Vol 1; Vol 2]
W C Huntington. Building Construction. New York 1929. [Link]
Henry Adams. Cassell's Building Construction. Special edition, London, no date.
John Barnard [ed]. Every Man His Own Mechanic. 10th ed, London no date [?c1935]. Note that Francis Young [see above] was the original or an early editor..
Percy Thomas [ed]. Modern Building Practice. 4 vols, London no date [?c1936]. Volume IV, pp 311, has a photograph from an exhibition of 1935. [Link: Vol 1; Vol 2; Vol 3; Vol 4]
S D Adshead. Modern Methods of Building,with H A Welch, The Construction of the Modern House[the Chadwick lectures given at the RIBA in 1936], London 1937.[Link: S D Adshead; H A Welch]
E G Warland. The Fabric of Modern Buildings. London 1937. [Link]
Great Britain. Ministry of Works. House Construction[Post-War Building Studies No 1]. London 1944.
Great Britain. Ministry of Health & Ministry of Works. Housing Manual 1944: Technical Appendices. London 1944.
W B McKay. Building Construction. 3 vols, London 1945 [1938], 1944, 1944. [Link: Vol 1; Vol 2; Vol 3]
H B Newbold. Modern Practical Building. [?2nd ed] 4 vols, London no date [?1946]. Volume II, pp 100ff, discusses the London Building Act (Amendment) Act of 1935. The third edition gives the dates of the previous editions as 1934 and 1946.
H B Newbold [revised Edgar Lucas]. Modern Practical Building. 3rd ed, 4 vols, London 1950 [reprinted 1954]. [Link: Vol 1; Vol 2; Vol 3; Vol 4]
W P Matthew [ed]. Mattew's Cyclopædia of the Home: how to keep your house in good repair. 2 vols, Virtue & Co, London 1949. [Link: Vol 1; Vol 2]
Eric de Maré [ed]. New Ways of Building. 3rd ed, London 1958 [1948].
International Correspondence Schools: A Treatise on Architecture and Building Construction. 8 vols, Scranton [Pennsylvania], 1899. Volume V missing. Prepared for students of the International Correspondence Schools, Scranton. 1. Arithmetic, Formulas, Geometry and Mensuration, Architectural Engineering. 2. Masonry, Carpentry, Joinery. 3. Stair Building, Ornamental Ironwork, Roofing, Sheet-Metal Work, Electric-Light Wiring, Bellwork. 4. Plumbing and Gas-Fitting, Heating and Ventilation, Painting and Decorating, Estimating and Calculating Quantities. 6. Architectural Drawing. 7. Tables and Formulas. 8. Answers to Questions.
I C S Reference Library (another version of the same), 19 assorted volumes, 1904-1914 (1892-1907), viz: 14. Carpentry &c.; Scranton 1904. 17A. Electrostatics &c.; London 1920. 18. Alternating Currents, Dynamo Design, &c.; London 1920. 19. Transformers, Mains, Substations &c.; London 1920. 20. Incandescent Lighting, &c.; London 1907. Another copy. London 1920. 21. Electric Plants, Telegraphy, Telephony. London 1920. 34. Loads in Structures, Properties of Sections, &c.; Scranton 1905 [1904-5]. 39. Arithmetic, &c.; Scranton 1914. 40. Brickwork, &c.; London 1914. 41. Joinery, Stair Building, Ironmongery, Plastering, Glass and Glazing, Painting and Decorating, Electric Wiring and Bells; London 1909. 42. Plumbing Materials, &c..; London 1909. 43. Structural Mechanics, &c.; London 1914. 44. Specifications, Quantities &c.; London 1914. 46. Architectural Design, &c.; London 1913. 47. Geometrical Drawing, &c.; London 1913. 70. Architectural Engineering, &c.; Scranton 1905. 72. Heating & Ventilating, &c.; Scranton 1905. 73. Roofing, &c.; Scranton 1905. 83D. Building Administration, Ornamental Plaster Work, Ornamental Metal Work, Gas-Lighting Fittings, Electric-Light Fittings, &c.; London, no date [?c 1930s].
International Library of Technology: 30. Masonry, Carpentry, Joinery. No place [USA] 1903 [1897-1898]. 34D. Stone and Brick, Cementing Materials and Mortar, Plain Concrete, Reinforced Concrete, Foundations, Retaining Walls, Culverts, Tunnels, Dams, Introduction to Construction Drawing. Scranton [Pennsylvania] 1922 [1906-1912]. 100. History of Architecture. Scranton [Pennsylvania] 1924 [1909]. 101. History of Architecture and Ornament. Scranton [Pennsylvania] 1924 [1909].
Cyclopedia of Architecture, Carpentry and Building. 10vols, American School of Corrrespondence, Chicago 1909.
British patents
Great Britain. Office of the Commissioners of Patents and Inventions. Abridgements of Specifications relating to Ventilation. A.D. 1632 - 1866. London 1872.]
Great Britain. Office of the Commissioners of Patents and Inventions. Abridgements of Specifications relating to Water Closets, Earth Closets, Urinals, &c. A.D. 1755 - 1866. London 1872.
Great Britain. Patent Office. Abridgements of Specifications. Class 89, Nails, Rivets, Bolts and Nuts, Screws, and Like Fastenings [multiple folios of patents from 1855 to 1930, bound in four volumes, later variation in title] London 1905-1932. Two sets.
Great Britain. Patent Office. Abridgements of Specifications. Class 95. Paints, Colours and Varnishes [multiple folios of patents from 1855 to 1930, bound in three volumes] London 1905-1933.
Great Britain. Patent Office. Abridgements of Specifications. Class 111. Sewage, Treatment of (including Manure) [multiple folios of patents from 1855 to 1930, bound in one volume] London 1905-1934.
Great Britain. Patent Office. Abridgements of Specifications. Class 137. Ventilation [multiple folios of patents from 1855 to 1930, bound in two volumes] London 1905-1934.
Edmund Morewood et al,' British patent specifications for machinery for coating metals' [a private compilation 1859-1892].
See also:
(sec 8) Dobson, Art of Building (sec 14) Woodbury, Fire Protection of Mills. (sec 25) Pain, Builder's Pocket Treasure Allen, Cottage Building (sec 27) Middleton, Modern Buildings.