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.
1774
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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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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 or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
Description
[4],345,[1],100p., CLXXXVplates (some fold.) : diagr. ; 4⁰.
Note
Society of architects = John Carter, who signs the description of the plates.
Originally issued as a monthly publication.
Some of the plates are dated 1775-78.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Originally issued as a monthly publication.
Some of the plates are dated 1775-78.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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Access limited to authorized users.
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Roscoe, A68(1)
NCBEL, II:1305
Crane & Kaye, 79A
Goldsmith's lib. cat., 11121
Higgs, 5939
Times handlist, p. 44
English Short Title Catalog, T101927.
NCBEL, II:1305
Crane & Kaye, 79A
Goldsmith's lib. cat., 11121
Higgs, 5939
Times handlist, p. 44
English Short Title Catalog, T101927.
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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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Collects monthly issues of: The Builder's magazine.
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