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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)	2
Halfpenny, William (1755)	2
Halfpenny, John	1
Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580	1
Palmer, Ls	1
Sayer, Robert (1725-1794)	1

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Rural architecture in the Chinese taste, being designs entirely new for the decoration of gardens, parks, forrests, insides of houses, &c. on sixty copper plates with full instructions for workmen also a near estimate of the charge and hints where proper to be erected the whole invented & drawn by Willm. &Inn. halfpnny, architects. The 3d. edition. With the addition of 4 plates in quarto of roofs for Chinese & Indian temples, the manner of fixing their ornaments, covering and carrying off the water, their cornices with the several members adjusted to regular proportion

Halfpenny, William (1755); Halfpenny, John; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Palmer, LS

1755

In four parts, each with separate titlepage, each differently titled. The general titlepage and the titlepage to part 1 are engraved. Part 1 is by William Halfpenny alone. Another "third edition...

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The modern builder's assistant; or, a concise epitome of the whole system of architecture; In which The various Branches of that excellent Study are establish'd on the most familiar Principles, And rendered adequate to every Capacity; Being useful to the Proficient, and easy to the Learner. Divided into three parts. Containing I. A Correct View of the Five Orders, explained in several Sheets of Letter-Press. II. Consisting of Regular Plans, Elevations, and Sections of Houses, in the most elegant and convenient Manner, either for the Reception of Noblemen, Gentlemen or Tradesmen with large or small Families, adapted to the Taste of Town or Country. To which Part is added, A great Variety of other Plans for Offices or Out-Houses adjoining to them of different Dimensions for Domestic Uses; Such as Kitchens, Wash-Houses, Malt-Houses, Bake-Houses, Brew-Houses, Dairies, Vaults, Stables, Coach-Houses, Dog-Kennels, &c. &c. Together with the Estimates of each Design, and Proper Instructions to the Workmen how to execute the same. III. Exhibiting (ornamental as well as plain) a Variety of Chimney-Pieces, Windows, Doors, Sections of Stair-Cases, Rooms, Halls, Saloons, &c. Skreens for Rooms, also Cielings, Piers, and Gate-Roofs, &c. &c. The whole beautifully engraved on eighty five folio copper plates, from the designs of William and John Halfpenny, Architects and Carpenters, Robert Morris, Surveyor, and and T. Lightoler, Carver

Halfpenny, William (1755); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Sayer, Robert (1725-1794)

MDCCVLII [1757]

Titlepage in red and black.

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