The Rudiments of architecture; or, The young workman's instructor. [electronic resource] : Part Firs...
The Rudiments of architecture; or, The young workman's instructor. [electronic resource] : Part First, containing the five orders of columns entire, with frontispieces, doors, windows, porticoes, intercolumniations, and arcades, suited to each; rustick doors and windows; block and camtaliver cornices; rustick quoins; the manner of constructing brick and stone-arches; centering for groins and vaulting; stairs, twisted rails, roofs, and domes; inspectional scales, tables, &c. Directions for drawing plans and elevations with Indian ink: likewise, the French and Spanish orders. Part second, containing geomety; the mensuration of solids and superficies; plain trigonometry, and surveying of land. To which is added, the builder's dictionary. Intended for those whose time will not allow them to attend teachers. Illustrated with upwards of 350 examples, accurately engraved upon thirty-seven large copper-plates.
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Edinburgh : Printed by Robert Mundell, M,DCC,LXXII. [1772]
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M,DCC,LXXII. [1772]
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[4],127,[17]p.,plates ; 4°.
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Edinburgh : Printed by Robert Mundell, M,DCC,LXXII. [1772]
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Scotland
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M,DCC,LXXII. [1772]
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The Rudiments of architecture; or, The young workman's instructor. [electronic resource] : Part First, containing the five orders of columns entire, with frontispieces, doors, windows, porticoes, intercolumniations, and arcades, suited to each; rustick doors and windows; block and camtaliver cornices; rustick quoins; the manner of constructing bric...
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Reproduction of original from National Library of Scotland.
With eight final leaves of builder's dictionary.
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ESTC N48759.
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Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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