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The builder's magazine [electronic resource] : or monthly companion for architects, carpenters, maso...

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The builder's magazine [electronic resource] : or monthly companion for architects, carpenters, masons, bricklayers, &c. as Well as for Every Gentleman who would wish to be a competent Judge of the elegant and necessary Art of Building. Consisting of designs in architecture, In Every Stile and Taste, from the most magnificent and superb Structures, down to the most simple and unadorned; together with the plans and sections, serving as an unerring Assistant in the Construction of any Building, from a Palace to a Cottage. In which will be Introduced Grand and Elegant Designs for Chimney-Pieces, Cielings, Doors, Windows, &c. proper for Halls, Saloons, Vestibules, State Rooms, Dining Rooms, Parlours, Drawing Rooms, Anti Rooms, Dressing Rooms, Bed Rooms, &c. Together with Designs for Churches, Hospitals, and other Public Buildings. Also, Plans, Elevations, and Sections, in the Greek, Roman and Gothic Taste, calculated to embellish Parks, Gardens, Forests, Woods, Canals, Mounts, Vistos, Islands, extensive Views, &c. The whole forming a complete system of architecture, in all its Branches; and so disposed, as to render the Surveyor, Carpenter, Mason, &c. equally capable to erect a Cathedral, a Mansion, a Temple, or a Rural Cot. By a society of architects. Each having undertaken the department in which he particularly excels.

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The builder's magazine [electronic resource] : or monthly companion for architects, carpenters, masons, bricklayers, &c. as Well as for Every Gentleman who would wish to be a competent Judge of the elegant and necessary Art of Building. Consisting of designs in architecture, In Every Stile and Taste, from the most magnificent and superb Structures, down to the most simple and unadorned; together with the plans and sections, serving as an unerring Assistant in the Construction of any Building, from a Palace to a Cottage. In which will be Introduced Grand and Elegant Designs for Chimney-Pieces, Cielings, Doors, Windows, &c. proper for Halls, Saloons, Vestibules, State Rooms, Dining Rooms, Parlours, Drawing Rooms, Anti Rooms, Dressing Rooms, Bed Rooms, &c. Together with Designs for Churches, Hospitals, and other Public Buildings. Also, Plans, Elevations, and Sections, in the Greek, Roman and Gothic Taste, calculated to embellish Parks, Gardens, Forests, Woods, Canals, Mounts, Vistos, Islands, extensive Views, &c. The whole forming a complete system of architecture, in all its Branches; and so disposed, as to render the Surveyor, Carpenter, Mason, &c. equally capable to erect a Cathedral, a Mansion, a Temple, or a Rural Cot. By a society of architects. Each having undertaken the department in which he particularly excels.

Publisher

London : printed for the authors; and sold by F. Newbery, the Corner of St. Paul's Church Yard, in Ludgate Street; and all other booksellers in Great Britain and Ireland, MDCCLXXIV. [1774][-78]

Alternative title

Builder's magazine: or monthly companion.

Date

MDCCLXXIV. [1774][-78]

Record Identifier

74VvkJ7BrRoy

MMS ID

991013833759702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

[4],345,[1],100p., CLXXXVplates (some fold.) : diagr. ; 4°.

Publication information

Publisher

London : printed for the authors; and sold by F. Newbery, the Corner of St. Paul's Church Yard, in Ludgate Street; and all other booksellers in Great Britain and Ireland, MDCCLXXIV. [1774][-78]

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

MDCCLXXIV. [1774][-78]

Access and use

Access Conditions

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

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Full title

The builder's magazine [electronic resource] : or monthly companion for architects, carpenters, masons, bricklayers, &c. as Well as for Every Gentleman who would wish to be a competent Judge of the elegant and necessary Art of Building. Consisting of designs in architecture, In Every Stile and Taste, from the most magnificent and superb Structures,...

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

Originally issued as a monthly publication.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Society of architects = John Carter, who signs the description of the plates.

Some of the plates are dated 1775-78.

Citation / References Note

ESTC T101927.

Crane & Kaye, 79A.

Goldsmith's lib. cat., 11121.

Higgs, 5939.

NCBEL, II:1305.

Roscoe, A68(1)

Times handlist, p. 44.

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.

Related to

Collects monthly issues of: The Builder's magazine.

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74VvkJ7BrRoy

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvkJ7BrRoy

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MMS ID

991013833759702626