The present state of Westminster Bridge : containing a description of the said bridge, as it has been ordered into execution by the right honourable, &c., the commissioners appointed by Parliament, and is now carrying on : with a true account of the time already employed in the building, and of the works which are now done : in a letter to a friend.

The present state of Westminster Bridge : containing a description of the said bridge, as it has been ordered into execution by the right honourable, &c., the commissioners appointed by Parliament, and is now carrying on : with a true account of the time already employed in the building, and of the works which are now done : in a letter to a friend.

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Author / Creator:	Labelye, Charles, 1705-1781?
Edition:	The 2nd ed. corr.
Imprint:	London : Printed for J. Millan, 1743.
Description:	30, [2] p. ; 21 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature ; 08001. Making of the modern economy
Subject:	Bridges. Bridges -- England -- London. Westminster Bridge (London, England) England -- London. England -- London -- Westminster Bridge.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5985500

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Notes:	Attributed to Charles Labelye. cf. Brit. Mus. catalogue, Halkett & Laing, and Dict. nat. biog. Advertisement (2 p.) at end. Reproduction of original from Goldsmiths' Library, University of London. Bound with Langley, Batty. A survey of Westminster Bridge, as 'tis now sinking into ruin. London, 1748. Hanson 5730n Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements.

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