The perspective of architecture. [electronic resource] : In two parts. A work entirely new; deduced from the principles of Dr. Brook Taylor; And performed by Two Rules only of Universal Application. Part the First, Contains The Description and Use of a new Instrument called the Architectonic Sector. Part the Second, A New Method of Drawing the Five Orders, Elegant Structures, &c. in Perspective. Begun BY Command of His Present Majesty, When Prince of Wales. By Joshua Kirby, Designer in Perspective to His Majesty.
1761
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The perspective of architecture. [electronic resource] : In two parts. A work entirely new; deduced from the principles of Dr. Brook Taylor; And performed by Two Rules only of Universal Application. Part the First, Contains The Description and Use of a new Instrument called the Architectonic Sector. Part the Second, A New Method of Drawing the Five Orders, Elegant Structures, &c. in Perspective. Begun BY Command of His Present Majesty, When Prince of Wales. By Joshua Kirby, Designer in Perspective to His Majesty.
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London : printed for the author, in Duke-Street, Grosvenor-Square, by R. Francklin, in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden; and sold by T. Payne, at the Mews Gate; Messieurs Knapton and Horsefield, in Ludgate Street; Messieurs Dodsley, in Pall-Mall; T. Longman, in Pater-Noster Row; T. Davies, in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden; and J. Gretton, in Bond Street, MDCCLXI. [1761]
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
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[6],82;[2],ii,60,[2]p.,plates ; 1⁰.
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The second part has a separate titlepage, pagination and register.
The dedication is engraved.
With a final index leaf with errata on its verso. The E copy is bound in two vols., one for letterpress and the second for plates; this second vol. has extra titlepage for "Volume the second": possibly specially printed for vol. 2? Verify.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
The dedication is engraved.
With a final index leaf with errata on its verso. The E copy is bound in two vols., one for letterpress and the second for plates; this second vol. has extra titlepage for "Volume the second": possibly specially printed for vol. 2? Verify.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, T133638.
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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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