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(ARCHITECTURE.). FOWLER, O[RSON] S. A Home for All: or a New, Cheap, Convenient, and Superior Mode of Building. New York: Fowlers and Wells, 1854. 1st ed. 8vo. 96 pp. Folding plate & two other unnumbered plates, plus text illustrations. Orig. printed front wrapper (detached). Lacks one unnumbered plate. Some wear. $250.00
Hitchcock 465. The first edition of a classic of American architecture. A few original examples of Fowler-inspired octagonal architecture are still to be seen in the northeast. This first edition is very rare.