An essay on the study and practice of architecture : explaining the true principles of the science and directing the gentleman and builder to design and finish in every article, with judgement and taste : illustrated with figures, elegantly engraved, explaining the five orders, their several parts, and just proportions : with a frontispiece, designed by Mr. Wale, and curiously engraved : to which are added, directions for the embellishment of cities, and for the laying out of gardens.

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London : Printed for Stanley Crowder and Henry Woodgate, 1756.

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xvi, 272 pages, 1 leaf of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm

Notes:
The English translation of this scarce work was originally published in London by Osborne and Shipton in 1755.
Spine title: Architecture / J. Gwynn.

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Gwynn, J.
Architecture.

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Location: Library main y 31473
Call No.: WY9363; ID:88-B3309
Status: Available

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