An edition of The city and country builder's and workman's treasury of designs (1740)

The city and country builder's and workman's treasury of designs

or, The art of drawing and working the ornamental parts of architecture. Illustrated by upwards of four hundred grand designs, neatly engraved on one hundred and eighty-six copper-plates, for piers, gates, doors [etc.] Proportioned by aliquot parts. With an appendix of fourteen plates of trusses for girders and beams, different sorts of rafters, and a variety of roofs, &c. To which are prefixed, The five orders of columns, according to Andrea Palladio; whose members are proportioned by aliquot parts, in a more easy manner. than has yet been done. The whole interspersed with sure rules for working all the varieties of raking members in pediments, modillions, &c. The like, for the immediate use of workmen, never before published, in any language. By B. L. Surveyor

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An edition of The city and country builder's and workman's treasury of designs (1740)

The city and country builder's and workman's treasury of designs

or, The art of drawing and working the ornamental parts of architecture. Illustrated by upwards of four hundred grand designs, neatly engraved on one hundred and eighty-six copper-plates, for piers, gates, doors [etc.] Proportioned by aliquot parts. With an appendix of fourteen plates of trusses for girders and beams, different sorts of rafters, and a variety of roofs, &c. To which are prefixed, The five orders of columns, according to Andrea Palladio; whose members are proportioned by aliquot parts, in a more easy manner. than has yet been done. The whole interspersed with sure rules for working all the varieties of raking members in pediments, modillions, &c. The like, for the immediate use of workmen, never before published, in any language. By B. L. Surveyor

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1 The city and country builder's and workman's treasury of designs: or, The art of drawing and working the ornamental parts of architecture 1922, Boston Architectural Club in English	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
2 The city and country builder's and workman's treasury of designs: or, The art of drawing and working the ornamental parts of architecture. Illustrated by upwards of four hundred grand designs, neatly engraved on one hundred and eighty-six copper-plates ... proportioned by aliquot parts. With an appendix of fourteen plates of trusses for girders and beams, different sorts of rafters, and a variety of roofs, &c. To which are prefixed, The five orders of columns, according to Andrea Palladio; whose members are proportioned by aliquot parts, in a more easy manner than has yet been done. The whole interspersed with sure rules for working all the varieties of raking members in pediments, modillions, &c. The like, for immediate use of workmen, never published before, in any language 1756, Printed for S. Harding in English	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
3 The city and country builder's and workman's treasury of designs: or, The art of drawing and working the ornamental parts of architecture. Illustrated by upwards of four hundred grand designs, neatly engraved on hundred and eighty-six copper-plates ... To which are prefixed, The five orders of columns, according to Andrea Palladio 1750, S. Harding in English	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
4 The city and country builder's and workman's treasury of designs: or, the Art of drawing and working the ornamental parts of architecture. Illustrated by upwards of four hundred grand designs, neatly engraved on one hundred and eighty-six copper-plates ... The like, for the immediate use of workmen, never published before, in any language 1750, Printed for John and Francis Rivington in English	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
5 The city and country builder's and workman's treasury of designs: or The art of drawing and working the ornamental parts of architecture. Illustrated by upwards of four hundred ... designs ... engraved on one hundred and eighty-six copper plates, for piers, gates ... With an appendix of fourteen plates of trusses for girders and beams ... To which are prefix'd, the five orders of columns, according to Andrea Palladio ... 1745, Printed for and sold by S. Harding in English	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
6 The city and country builder's and workman's treasury of designs: or, The art of drawing and working the ornamental parts of architecture. Illustrated by upwards of four hundred grand designs, neatly engraved on one hundred and eighty-six copper-plates, for piers, gates, doors [etc.] Proportioned by aliquot parts. With an appendix of fourteen plates of trusses for girders and beams, different sorts of rafters, and a variety of roofs, &c. To which are prefixed, The five orders of columns, according to Andrea Palladio; whose members are proportioned by aliquot parts, in a more easy manner. than has yet been done. The whole interspersed with sure rules for working all the varieties of raking members in pediments, modillions, &c. The like, for the immediate use of workmen, never before published, in any language. By B. L. Surveyor 1741, S. Harding in English	aaaa Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat
7 The city and country builder's, and workman's treasury of designs: or, The art of drawing, and working the ornamental parts of architecture. Illustrated by upwards of four hundred ... designs ... engraved on 186 ... plates ... To which are prefix'd, the five orders of columns; according to Andrea Palladio ... The whole interspersed, with sure rules, for working, all the varieties of raking members in pediments, modilions, &c. ... 1740, Printed by J. Ilive, for Thomas Langley in English	zzzz Not in Library Libraries near you: WorldCat

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Avery Classics copy: Imperfect: Plate 2 (2nd group) wanting.

Avery Classics copy: Gift of Herbert Mitchell.

Avery Classics copy: Drawings, some of architectural elements, on verso of some plates.

Avery Classics copy: Drawings, some of architectural elements, accounts and other annotations on verso of some plates.

Avery Classics copy: Final four plates have illustrations pasted on verso. Illustrations include "Ceiling decorations army and navy club-house," "Oriel window, from John of Gaunt's palace, Lincoln, "South torch of the church of Notre Dame at Oberwesel on the Rhine," and "Prior Crawden's Chapel, Ely, "Saint Georges Church, Ramsgate".

Avery Classics copy: Verso of final plate inscribed: Mr. J. Fisher 13 A Ashton St. London Rd. Manchester, with remnants of red wax on leaf.

Avery Classics copy: Free front endpaper inscribed: E. (?) Parker Cheltenham (?). The inscription is quite faint

Avery Classics copy: Front endpaper inscribed in ink: Richard Smith July 26th, born 1850 stone mason Brimingham. This book a present from his father Joseph Smith stone mason who died on Dec. 29. 1888 aged 67 years. Another hand adds his birth date "born March 17 1821" and other genealogical information pertaining to the Smith family

Avery Classics copy: Parcel post form and customs declaration ([1] sheet) laid in showing that "1 book on architecture was sent by Charles Smith of Birmingham to Wheeling W.Va. USA.

English short title catalogue, T162326

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Bequest of Herbert Mitchell

Published in: London

The Physical Object

Pagination: [2], 22 p. 186, 14 leaves of plates
Number of pages: 186

ID Numbers

Open Library: OL44868493M
OCLC/WorldCat: 84328161

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