A treatise on civil architecture : in which the principles of that art are laid down, and illustrated by a great number of plates, accurately designed, and elegantly engraved by the best hands / by William Chambers ...
Published / Created:
London : Printed for the author, by J. Haberkorn : to be had at the author's house in Poland Street, near Broad-Street, Soho : likewise of A. Millar, J. Nourse, Wilson and Durham, all in the Strand, T. Osborne in Gray's-Inn, J. and R. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, R. Sayer in Fleet-Street, Piers and Webley near Chancery-Lane, Holborn, and J. Gretton, in Old-Bond-Street, MDCCLIX [1759]
Physical Description:
[vi], iv, 85, [1] pages, [50] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 56 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engravings by J. Fougeron, P. Fourdrinier, C. Grignion, P. Mazell, T. Miller, F. Patton, and E. Rooker; afer William Chambers, James Gandon and G.B. Cipriani.
Subject Terms:
Decoration and ornament, Architectural -- Early works to 1800. | Architecture -- Early works to 1800. | Architecture -- Details -- Early works to 1800. | Architects -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. | Lewis, W. S. (Wilmarth Sheldon), 1895-1979 -- Ms. notes. | Cholmondeley Library -- Bookplate. | Beaumont, Richard Blackett -- Bookplate. | Piers and Webley -- Bookseller.