The builder's chest-book [electronic resource] : or a complete key to the five orders of columns in...
The builder's chest-book [electronic resource] : or a complete key to the five orders of columns in architecture. Where by way of Dialogue in Nine Lectures the Etymology, Characters, Proportions, Profiles, Ornaments, Measures and Dispositions of the Members of their several Columns and Entablatures are distinctly considered and explain'd with respect to the Practice of Pallaaio. Together With the manner of drawing the Geometrical Elevation of the Five Orders of Columns in Architecture, and to measure the several Parts of Buildings in general. The whole exemplified by way of Dialogue, in a very concise and familiar manner, illustrated on seven copper-plates: Being a necessary Companion for Gentlemen, as well as Masons, Carpenters, Joyners, Bricklayers, Plasterers, Painters, &c. and all others concern'd in the several Parts of Buildings in general. By B. Langley of Twickenham.
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London : printed for J. Wilcox, at the Green Dragon, in Little Britain, MDCCXXVII. [1727]
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MDCCXXVII. [1727]
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[6],vi,139,[9]p.,plates ; 8°.
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London : printed for J. Wilcox, at the Green Dragon, in Little Britain, MDCCXXVII. [1727]
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England
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MDCCXXVII. [1727]
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The builder's chest-book [electronic resource] : or a complete key to the five orders of columns in architecture. Where by way of Dialogue in Nine Lectures the Etymology, Characters, Proportions, Profiles, Ornaments, Measures and Dispositions of the Members of their several Columns and Entablatures are distinctly considered and explain'd with respe...
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Reproduction of original from British Library.
With an index.
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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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74Vv8kjrWE8b
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