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The builder's director, [electronic resource] : or bench-mate: being a pocket treasury of the Grecia...

The builder's director, [electronic resource] : or bench-mate: being a pocket treasury of the Grecia...

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The builder's director, [electronic resource] : or bench-mate: being a pocket treasury of the Grecian, Roman, and Gothic orders of architecture, Made easy to the meanest Capacity by near 500 Examples, Improved from the best Authors, Ancient and Modern, Of Pedestals, Bases, Shafts, Capitals, Columns, Architraves, Freezes, Brackets, Cornices, Arches, Imposts, Key-Stones, Trusses, Moldings of Raking Pediments, Frontispieces. Portico's, Arcades, Colonades, Chimney-Pieces, Fretts, Guilochi's, Groins, Weatherings, Moldings for Tabernacles, Frames, &c. proportioned By Minutes and by Equal Parts, The like never before Published. Engraved on 184 Copper Plates. Wherein The Orders of Andrea Palladio are truly laid down, free from erroneous Measures. Written for the Use of Gentlemen delighting in True Architecture; and for Masters and Workmen to Draw from and Work after. By Batty Langley, architect.

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The builder's director, [electronic resource] : or bench-mate: being a pocket treasury of the Grecian, Roman, and Gothic orders of architecture, Made easy to the meanest Capacity by near 500 Examples, Improved from the best Authors, Ancient and Modern, Of Pedestals, Bases, Shafts, Capitals, Columns, Architraves, Freezes, Brackets, Cornices, Arches, Imposts, Key-Stones, Trusses, Moldings of Raking Pediments, Frontispieces. Portico's, Arcades, Colonades, Chimney-Pieces, Fretts, Guilochi's, Groins, Weatherings, Moldings for Tabernacles, Frames, &c. proportioned By Minutes and by Equal Parts, The like never before Published. Engraved on 184 Copper Plates. Wherein The Orders of Andrea Palladio are truly laid down, free from erroneous Measures. Written for the Use of Gentlemen delighting in True Architecture; and for Masters and Workmen to Draw from and Work after. By Batty Langley, architect.

Publisher

London : printed for and sold by H.Piers opposite to Dean-Street, in High-Holborn, 1747.

Date

1747.

Record Identifier

74VvEaZjRwJX

MMS ID

991011647449702626

Language

English

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Physical content

[2],xxivp.,184plates ; 8°.

Publication information

Publisher

London : printed for and sold by H.Piers opposite to Dean-Street, in High-Holborn, 1747.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1747.

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Access Conditions

Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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The builder's director, [electronic resource] : or bench-mate: being a pocket treasury of the Grecian, Roman, and Gothic orders of architecture, Made easy to the meanest Capacity by near 500 Examples, Improved from the best Authors, Ancient and Modern, Of Pedestals, Bases, Shafts, Capitals, Columns, Architraves, Freezes, Brackets, Cornices, Arches,...

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Notes

General note

Reproduction of original from British Library.

With an initial leaf of advertisements.

Citation / References Note

ESTC T11860.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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Record Identifier

74VvEaZjRwJX

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvEaZjRwJX

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MMS ID

991011647449702626