The architectural dictionary
The Architectural Dictionary is a mid-nineteenth-century reference work on building terms, printed in London in 1853 by Thomas Richards for architects and students. Its plates are engraved line drawings of architectural plans, elevations and sections, with the sheets set on large folded pages inside a bound volume. A designer could take from them the orderly grammar of plans and facades, with dense hatching and crisp outlines showing how buildings were measured and drawn.
