Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Halfpenny, William, d. 1755
Title:
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 and windows ... / by William Halfpenny.
Alternate Title(s):
Practical architecture.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for Carrington Bowles, No. 69, St. Paul's Church yard, [1764?]
Physical Description:
[3], 48 leaves : ill. ; 18 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NA2840 H35 1764
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Date from Harris.

BAC: British Art Center copy in original wrappers, as issued.

Printed on one side of leaf only.

Harris, E. British architectural books and writers, 1556-1785. Cambridge [England] : Cambridge University Press, 1994,c1990. 310

Carrington Bowles carried on the business of his uncle John Bowles in St. Paul's Church Yard from 1764. Cf. Harris.
Subject Terms:
Architecture -- Details -- Early works to 1800. | Architecture -- Orders -- Early works to 1800. | Architecture, Domestic -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. | Bowles, Carington -- Publisher. | Engraving -- Specimens -- [1764?].