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Practical architecture, or, A sure guide to the true working, according to the rules of that science : representing the five orders, with their several doors & windows, taken from Inigo Jones & other celebrated architects : to each plate, tables containing the exact proportions of the several parts, are likewise fitted : very useful to all true lovers of architecture, but particularly so to those who are engaged in the noble art of building / by William Halfpenny.

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Collection Type

  • Books and periodicals

GUSN

GUSN-151111

Description

48 p., [26] leaves : ill. ; 17 x 21 cm.

Details

Descriptive Terms

Architecture Orders.
Architecture Early works to 1800.

Originator

Halfpenny, William, d. 1755.

Publication

London : Printed for Carington Bowles

Description

48 p., [26] leaves : ill. ; 17 x 21 cm.

Notes

Engraved throughout.

Call Number

Rare NA2810.H35

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