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. halfpenny, architects. [electronic resource] : 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.
1755
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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. halfpenny, architects. [electronic resource] : 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.
Author
Halfpenny, William, d. 1755.
Publication Details
London : 1755. Printed for Robt. Sayer, at the Golden Buck, opposite Feller Lane, Fleetstreet, 1755.
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
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[2],8;8;8,8p.,plates ; 8⁰.
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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" has no date after "London" in the imprint and dates are omitted from the statement "Published according to act of Parliament" on the titlepages to the individual parts.
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
The general titlepage and the titlepage to part 1 are engraved.
Part 1 is by William Halfpenny alone.
Another "third edition" has no date after "London" in the imprint and dates are omitted from the statement "Published according to act of Parliament" on the titlepages to the individual parts.
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
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English Short Title Catalog, T214810.
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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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