The country gentleman's pocket companion, and builder's assistant, for rural decorative architecture. [electronic resource] : Containing, thirty-two new designs, plans and elevations of alcoves, floats, temples, summer-houses, lodges, huts, grotto's, &c. In the Augustine, Gothic and Chinese taste, with proper directions annexed. Also an exact estimate of their several amounts, which are from twenty-five to one hundred pounds, and most of them portable. Correctly engraved on twenty-five copper plates, from the designs and under the direction of William and John Halfpenny, architects.
1756
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The country gentleman's pocket companion, and builder's assistant, for rural decorative architecture. [electronic resource] : Containing, thirty-two new designs, plans and elevations of alcoves, floats, temples, summer-houses, lodges, huts, grotto's, &c. In the Augustine, Gothic and Chinese taste, with proper directions annexed. Also an exact estimate of their several amounts, which are from twenty-five to one hundred pounds, and most of them portable. Correctly engraved on twenty-five copper plates, from the designs and under the direction of William and John Halfpenny, architects.
Author
Halfpenny, William, d. 1755.
Edition
The second edition.
Publication Details
London : Printed for, and sold by Robert Sayer, at the Golden-Buck, opposite to Fetter-Lane, Fleet-street, MDCCLVI. [1756]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
Description
14,[2]p.,25 plates ; 8⁰.
Note
With a final advertisement leaf.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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Access limited to authorized users.
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English Short Title Catalog, N3207.
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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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Halfpenny, John, 18th cent.
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