The country gentleman's pocket companion, and builder's assistant, for rural decorative architecture. : 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.

The country gentleman's pocket companion, and builder's assistant, for rural decorative architecture. : 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.

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Author / Creator:Halfpenny, William, -1755.
Edition:The second edition.
Imprint:London : Printed for, and sold by Robert Sayer, at the Golden-Buck, opposite to Fetter-Lane, Fleet-street, MDCCLVI. [1756]
Description:14,[2]p.,25 plates ; 8⁰.
Language:English
Subject:
Architecture, Domestic -- Designs and plans.
Architecture, Domestic.
Architectural drawings.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10244814
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Other authors / contributors:Halfpenny, John, active 18th century
Notes:With a final advertisement leaf.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
English Short Title Catalog, N3207.
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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