The British architect, or, The builders treasury of stair-cases ...
The British Architect, or The Builder's Treasury of Stair-Cases is a late eighteenth-century architectural pattern book by Abraham Swan, printed in Philadelphia in 1775 for John Norman, aimed at builders and carpenters. Its plates are engraved architectural drawings of classical columns, entablatures, and mouldings laid out as measured elevations with dimensioning lines. A designer might draw from their crisp orders, scroll consoles, and rosette panels as sources for period ornament and proportion.
