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Helen Park List: Helen Park's List

In 1961 Helen Park published an article title, "A List of Architectural Books Available in America Before the Revolution" in Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians." The list has grown to include a total of 119 volumes.

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Park # Title Author Year
1 Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam Adam, Robert  1773
2 Canon of the five orders of architecture Barozzi da Vignola, Giacomo 1563
3 New Book of Ornaments for the Year 1766, Very Useful for Cabinetmakers, Carvers, Painters, Engravers, Chasers, etc. Baretti  
4 The Builder's Dictionary, or Gentleman and Architect's Companion   1734
5 Vitruvius Britannicus Campbell, Colen 1715
6 The Villas of the Ancients Illustrated Castell, Robert 1728
7 Treatise on the decorative part of civil architecture  Chambers, Sir William 1825
8 A New Book of Ornaments Copland, H. 1746
9 The Carpenter's Companion, Containing 32 New and Beautiful Designs for All Sorts of Chinese Railings and Gates Crunden, John 1765
10 Convenient and Ornamental Architecture, Consisting of Original Designs, for Plans, Elevations, and Sections, Beginning with the Farm House, and Regularly Ascending to the Most Grand and Magnificent Villa Crunden, John 1791
11 The Joyner and Cabinet-Maker's Darling, or Pocket Director Crunden, John 1760
12 Chinese Architecture, Civil and Ornamental, Adapted to this Climate Decker, Paul 1759
13 The Practice of Perspective Dubreuil, Jean 1726
14 Palazzi di Roma Ferrerio, P. 1655
15 A Parallel of the Ancient Architecture with the Modern Freart, Roland, Sieur de Chambray 1664
16 Designs and Estimates for Farm Houses in the Counties of Yorkshire, Cumberland, Westmoreland and the Bishoprick of Durham Garrett, Daniel 1747
17 A Book of Architecture, Containing Designs of Buildings and Ornaments Gibbs, James 1739
18 Rules for Drawing the Several Parts of Architecture Gibbs, James 1738
19 The Art of Sound Building Demonstrated in Geometrical Problems Halfpenny, William 1725
20 The Builder's Pocket Companion Halfpenny, William 1728
21 The Country Gentleman's Pocket Companion and Builder's Assistant Halfpenny, William 1753
22 The Modern Builder's Assistant or a Concise Epitome of the Whole System of Architecture Halfpenny, William, John Halfpenny, Robert Morris and Thomas Lightoler 1742
23 A New and Complete System of Architecture, Delineated in a Variety of Plans or Elevations of Designs for Convenient and Decorated Houses Halfpenny, William 1749
24 New Designs for Chinese Temples Halfpenny, William 1750-1752
25 Perspective Made Easy Halfpenny, William 1731
26 Practical Architecture Halfpenny, William n.d.
27 Rural Architecture in the Gothick Taste Halfpenny, William 1752
28 Twelve Beautiful Designs for Farm Houses Halfpenny, William 1749
29 Twenty New Designs of Chinese Lattice and Other Works Halfpenny, William 2nd ed. 1755
30 Useful Architecture  Halfpenny, William 1752
31 The Gentleman's and Builder's Repository, or Architecture Displayed Hoppus, Edward 2nd ed. 1738
32 Practical Measuring Made Easy to the Meanest Capacity, by a New Set of Tables Hoppus, Edward 6th ed. 1761
33 One Hundred and Fifty New Designs, by Thos. Johnson, carver, Consisting of ceilings, chimney pieces, slab, glass and picture frames Johnson, Thomas 1761
34 A New Book of Iron Work, Containing a Great Variety of Designs, (Useful for Painters, Cabinet-Makers, Carvers, Smiths, Fillegre-Piercers, etc.) Jores, J. 1759
35 Practical Measurer, or Plain Guide to Gentlemen and Builders Keay, Isaac 1718
36 The Designs of Inigo Jones Kent, William 1727
37 Examples from Ancient Masonry in the Proportions and Orders of the Most Eminent Masters of All Nations Langley, Batty 1800
38 The Builder's Chest Book, or a Compleat Key to the Five Orders of Columns in Architecture Langley, Batty 1727
39 The Builder's Compleat Assistant Being a Library of Arts and Sciences, Absolutely Necessary to be Understood by Builders and Workmen in General Langley, Batty 4th ed. 1766
41 Collection of plates from various volumes of the Architectural Reprint, 1901-1910   1900
40 The Builder's Director, or Benchmate, Containing 500 Examples Engraved on 148 Copper-Plates Langley, Batty 1747
42 The City and Country Builder's and Workman's Treasury of Designs Langley, Batty 1750
43 Gothic Architecture Improved by Rules and Proportions Langley, Batty and Thomas 1742
44 Practical Geometry Applied to the Useful Arts of Building, Surveying, Gardening and Mensuration  Langley, Batty 1726
45 The Workman's Golden Rule for Drawing and Working the Five Orders in Architecture Langley, Batty 1750
46 Traite d'Architecture LeClerc, Sebastien 1714
47 The Architecture of A. Palladio in Four Books Leoni, Giacomo 1715-1716
48 The Architecture of L. Alberti Leoni, Giacomo 1726
49 The Mirror of Architecture or the Ground Rules of the Art of Building according to Vincenzo Scamozzi, with the Description and Use of a Joynt Rule by John Brown, Whereunto is Added a Compendium of the Art of Building Leybourn, William 1669
50 The Gentleman's and Farmer's Architect,…Being Correct Plans and Elevations of Parsonage and Farm Houses Lightoler, Thomas 1762
51 Andrea Palladio's Elements of Architecture, Restored to its Original Perfection…with a Geometrical Explanation of its True Principles of Perspective Miller, John ca. 1748
52 Architecture Improved in a Collection of Modern, Elegant and Useful Designs Morris, Robert 1755
53 Lectures on Architecture, Consisting of Rules Founded upon Harmonick and Arithmetical Proportions in Building Morris, Robert 1734-1736
54 Essay in Defence of Ancient Architecture, or a Parallel of the Ancient Buildings with the Modern, Shewing the Beauty and Harmony of the Former, and the Irregularity of the Latter Morris, Robert 1728
55 Select Architecture, Being Regular Designs of Plans, and Elevations, Well Suited to Both Town and Country Morris, Robert 1755
56 Practical Perspective, or Perspective Made Easie Moxon, Joseph 1670
57 The Theory and Practice of Architecture; or Vitruvius and Vignola Abridg'd  Moxon, Joseph 1703
58 City and Country Purchaser's and Builder's Dictionary Neve, Richard 1703
59 Every Man a Complete Builder, or Easy Rules and Proportions for Drawing and Working in the Several Parts of Architecture Oakley, Edward 1738
60 The Magazine of Architecture, Perspective and Sculpture  Oakley, Edward 1730
61 Ornamental Architecture in the Gothic, Chinese and Modern Taste Over, Charles 1758
62 The Temple Builder's Most Useful Companion, Being…Fifty New…Designs for Pleasure and Recreation Overton, Thomas Collins 1766
63 The Builder's Companion…[includes] the figure, description and use of a new-invented joint-rule Pain, William 1758
64 The Builder's Pocket Treasure, or, Palladio Delineated and Explained Pain, William 1763
65 The Four Books on Architecture Palladio, Andrea 1570
66 Treatise of the Five Orders of Columns in Architecture Perrault, Claude 1683
67 The British Carpenter, or a Treatise on Carpentry Price, Francis 1733
68 Critical Review of the Publick Buildings, Statues and Ornaments in and about London and Westminster Ralph, James 1734
69 The First Book of Architecture by Andrea Palladio…with an Appendix Touching Doors and Windows Richards, Godfrey 1663
70 Short Principles for the Architecture of Stone Bridges, with Practical Observations Riou, Stephen 1748
71 Della Architettura  Rusconi, Giovanni 1590
72 The Builder's Guide and Gentleman and Trader's Assistant Salmon, William 1736
73 The Country Builder's Estimator or the Architect's Companion Salmon, William 1736
74 The London and Country Builder's Vade Mecum: or the Complete and Universal Estimator Salmon, William 1745
75 Palladio Londinensis, or, the London Art of Building Salmon, William 1734
76 Sebastiano Serlio on Architecture Serlio, Sebastiano 1584
77 Several Prospects of the Most Noted Buildings in London   1733
78 The Carpenter's Companion  Smith, James 1745
79 The British Architect, or, the Builder's Treasury of Staircases Swan, Abraham 1759
80 Georgian Architectural Designs and Details: The Classic 1757 Stylebook Swan, Abraham 1757
81 Designs in Carpentry Swan, Abraham 1768
82 Upwards of One Hundred and Fifty New Designs for Chimney Pieces Swan, Abraham 1756
83 Vitruvius on Architecture Vitruvius Pollio 1649
84 A Complete Body of Architecture Ware, Isaac 1738
85 Designs of Inigo Jones and Others Ware, Isaac 1735
86 The Four Books of Andrea Palladio's Architecture Ware, Isaac 1692
87 The Plans…of Houghton in Norfolk Ware, Isaac 1658
101 The Measurer's Guide Barker, John 1752-1753
102 The Carpenters Rule Made Easie. Or, the Art of Measuring Superficies and Solids; as Timber, Stone, Board, Glasse, and the Like…Performed by Certain Tables Darling, John 1652
103 The Universal Measurer and Mechanic Fletcher, Abraham 1761
104 Art of Measuring Foster 1717
105 A Treatise of the Theory and Practice of Perspective. Wherein the Principles…as Laid Down by Dr. B. Taylor are Explained, by means of Moveable Schemes, etc. Fournier, Daniel 1751
106 The Compleat Measurer Hawney, William  
107 A Description of Westminster Labelye, Charles 1748
108 Carpenter's Companion Langley, Batty 1727
109 The London Prices of Bricklayer's Materials and Works…Justly Ascertained Langley, Batty 1682
110 Practical Geometry…Translated from the French of S. LeClerc LeClerc, Sebastien 1740
111 Mellificium Mensionis: or, the Marrow of Measuring Mandey, Venterus 1771
112 The Concise Practical Measurer; or, a Plain Guide to the Gentlemen and Builders Miles, Thomas 1671
113 The Elements of Linear Perspective, Demonstrated by Geometrical Principles Noble, Edward 1768
114 The Description and Use of an Instrument Called the Double Scale of Proportion Partridge, Seth 1715
115 Perspective in Architecture and Painting: An Unabridged Reprint of the English-and-Latin Edition of 1693 Pozzo, Andrea  
116 The Grecian Orders of Architecture, Delineated and Explained from the Antiquities of Athens: also the Parallels of the Orders of Palladio, Scamozzi and Vignola Riou, Stephen 1624
117 Architecture, staticks, Mechanicks, Opticks, Catoptricks, Dioptricks and Astronomy Sturmy  
118 Linear Perspective: or, a New Method of Representing Justly All Manner of Objects Taylor, Brook  
119 The Elements of Architecture, Collected…from the Best Authors and Examples Wotton, Sir Henry