14x11, unbound portfolio containing four pages of text and 12 fascicles (each with 12 plates), all housed within original publisher's cloth folding box, ties broken. Limited Special Architect's Edition of 1000 copies, out of series.

Influencial work containing plates from photographs taken by the American architect and engineer during his trip through the Mediterranean, to "serve as inspiration, for developing the California style." This edition was designed for distribution to California architects with plates that "have been classified and arranged to facilitate their use in the drafting room." -Foreword.