...Etc. Consisting of Designs, Original and Selected, for Cottages, Farm-Houses, Villas, and Village Churches, New York:ÿTo Be Had of the Architect, at the New York University, 1837, with title page and 17 loose sheets laid into original two wrappers, two of the plates have been altered, probably by Davis himself, with two extra plates laid into custom paper clamshell folios (10 plates total), a restored copy of a scarce book, all housed in a custom made clamshell case with leather spine and black morocco spine labelNote: "This is without doubt one of the dozen or so rarest and most important American architectural books and as such is a cornerstone to any serious collector." Charles Wood17 loose sheets: advertisement, "Cottage Orne designed for David Codwise, Esquire"; "Villa, Designed for Dav. Codwise, Esq. by A.J. Davis, Arct." (plate); "Farmer's House" (plate); "Villa in the English Collegiate Style"; "A Residence in the English Collegiate Style by A.J. Davis" (plate); "Villa Church"; "Design for a Village Church" (plate); "Gatehouse in the Rustic Cottage Style"; "Gatehouse in the Rustic Cottage Style" (plate); "Villa in the Oriental Style"; "Villa in the Oriental Style" (plate); "American House"; "American Cottage" (plate); "Village School-House"; "Design for a Model School House" (plate); "Section from A to B" (plate)ÿTwo extra plates: "Residence of C. C. Alger, Esq."; "Winyah"ÿ; Provenance: Charles B. Wood III, Antiquarian Bookseller, Boston, Massachusetts, purchased November 1988 for $6,500 (accompanied by original receipt); The Estate of William N. Banks, Jr., Newnan, Georgia some repairs to wrappers (including rice paper backing), some minor repairs to sheets at interior margins, two of the plates have been altered, probably by Davis himself (as he did this to most of the known copies), some toning and foxing, minor creases and tears to edgesÿ