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Period 18th century

Subject Terms Architectural drawing -- Early works to 1800.

1. New designs in architecture : consisting of plans, elevations, and sections for various buildings, comprised in XLIV folio plates / designed and engraved by George Richardson = Nouveaux desseins d'architecture, ou, Plans, elévations, et coupes de divers bâtimens : compris en XLIV planches in folio / dessinées et gravées par George Richardson architecte.

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Creator:: Richardson, George, ca.1738–ca.1813
Date:: 1792
Physical Description:: [2], 40 pages, [2], XLIV leaves of plates : illustrations ; 52 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The workman's golden rule for drawing and working the five orders in architecture : wherein their pedastals, columns, entablatures, imposts, and arches, are taken from the best examples of the ancients, and proportioned by equal parts, in a more concise, accurate, and easy manner, than has been done in any language : for the instruction of apprentices and journeymen, masons and bricklayers ... : and others who desire a just knowledge of the fundamental rule of that noble art / B. Langley.

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Creator:: Langley, Batty, 1696–1751
Date:: 1750
Physical Description:: [2], 8 p., 48 leaves of plates : ill. ; 11 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Rules for drawing the several parts of architecture : in a more exact and easy manner than has been heretofore practised, by which all fractions, in dividing the principal members and their parts, are avoided / by James Gibbs.

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Creator:: Gibbs, James, 1682–1754
Date:: MDCCLIII [1753]
Physical Description:: vi, [2], 28 pages, LXIV leaves of plates : illustrations ; 42 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. The ornamental architect, or, Young artists instructor : consisting of the five orders, drawn by aliquot parts, with their embellishments &c. elegantly engrav'd on (102) folio plates by various masters ...

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Creator:: Darly, Matthias
Date:: [1770 or 1771]
Physical Description:: 102 leaves : illustrations ; 49 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts