The Power of Form applied to Geometric Tracery. One Hundred Designs and their Foundations resulting from One Diagram. B Robert William Billings, Architect, Associate of the Institute of British Architects, and Honorary Member of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.

Robert William Billings

RA Collection: Book

Record number

12/2201

Author

Imprint

Edinburgh and London: Published for the Author by William Blackwood and Sons, 45, George Street, Edinburgh; and 37, Paternoster Row, London, 1851

Physical Description

vi, [7-26] p.: illus.: 241 mm.

General Note

Most of the plates are printed on both sides, consisting of two diagrams on the verso and the two resultant tracery designs on the facing recto. The author's drawings were engraved on wood by Robert E. Branston.

Binding Note

Spine lettered 'The Power of Form Applied to Geometrical Tracery.-Billings-Lond. 1851. R.A.'

Subject

Decoration and ornament, Geometrical drawing, Geometry in architecture, Architecture, Gothic Designs and plans

Contributors

Robert Edward Branston, engraver
Blackwood and Sons (Edinburgh), publisher/bookseller