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1. Chinese and Gothic architecture properly ornamented : being twenty new plans and elevations, on twelve copper-plates : containing a great variety of magnificent buildings, accurately described : as also, several of a smaller kind elegantly design'd, with all necessary offices, of great strength, easy construction, and graceful appearance : scales are annexed, and regular estimates are made for each design : the whole carefully calculated by the great square : with instructions to workmen, &c. in several pages of letter-press : intended as an improvement of what has been published of that sort / correctly engraved from the designs of William and John Halfpenny, architects ; published according to act of Parliament, April 24, 1752.

Chinese and Gothic architecture properly ornamented : being twenty new plans and elevations, on twelve copper-plates : containing a great variety of magnificent buildings, accurately described : as also, several of a smaller kind elegantly design'd, with all necessary offices, of great strength, easy construction, and graceful appearance : scales are annexed, and regular estimates are made for each design : the whole carefully calculated by the great square : with instructions to workmen, &c. in several pages of letter-press : intended as an improvement of what has been published of that sort / correctly engraved from the designs of William and John Halfpenny, architects ; published according to act of Parliament, April 24, 1752.

Creator:: Halfpenny, William, d. 1755
Date:: 1752
Physical Description:: 16 p., 12 leaves of plates : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Vitruvius Britannicus, or, The British architect : containing the plans, elevations, and sections of the regular buildings, both publick and private in Great Britain, with a variety of new designs : in 200 large folio plates : engraven by the best hands : and drawn either from the buildings themselves, or the original designs of the architects / by Colen Campbell = Vitruvius Britannicus, ou, L'architecte britannique, contenant les plans, elevations, & sections des batiments reguliers, tant particuliers que publics de la Grande Bretagne : compris en 200 grandes planches gravez en taille douce par les meilleurs maitres, et tous ou dessinez des batiments memes, ou copiez des dessiens originaux des architects / par le Sieur Campbell.

Vitruvius Britannicus, or, The British architect : containing the plans, elevations, and sections of the regular buildings, both publick and private in Great Britain, with a variety of new designs : in 200 large folio plates : engraven by the best hands : and drawn either from the buildings themselves, or the original designs of the architects / by Colen Campbell = Vitruvius Britannicus, ou, L'architecte britannique, contenant les plans, elevations, & sections des batiments reguliers, tant particuliers que publics de la Grande Bretagne : compris en 200 grandes planches gravez en taille douce par les meilleurs maitres, et tous ou dessinez des batiments memes, ou copiez des dessiens originaux des architects / par le Sieur Campbell.

Creator:: Campbell, Colen, 1676–1729
Date:: MDCCXV-MDCCLXXI [1715-1771]
Physical Description:: 5 volumes : illustrations ; 51 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. A book of ceilings : composed in the style of the antique grotesque / designed and etched by George Richardson, architect = Livre de plat-fonds : composés d'après les grotesques antiques / dessinés et gravés par George Richardson, architecte.

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Creator:: Richardson, George, ca.1738–ca.1813
Date:: MDCCLXXXI [1776]
Physical Description:: [2], ii, ii, 11, [5] pages, [50] leaves of plates : chiefly illustrations ; 57 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. A compleat body of architecture : wherein the five orders are exactly described in many elegant examples, with scales annexed, giving their true aliquot parts : embellished with a great variety of ornaments adapted thereto : augmented by several new designs, never before published, drawn by the greatest masters and engraved at an unspared expence, on one hundred and two folio copper plates ... / compiled, drawn, and engraved, by Matthias Darly, professor of ornament.

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Creator:: Darly, Matthias
Date:: January 12, 1773
Physical Description:: [1] leaf, CII [i.e., 101] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 44 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Proofs for a selection of plates in Vitruvius Brittanicus, volume 5.

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Date:: [1771?]
Physical Description:: 25 prints ; volume 52 x 39 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A general treatise of architecture : in five books ... / by John Aheron, architect.

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Creator:: Aheron, John
Date:: MDCCLIV [1754]
Physical Description:: vi, 110, 8, [20] pages, [82] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 42 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. A nevv book of architecture : wherein is represented fourty figures of gates and arches triumphant, composed of different inventions according to the five orders of columnes, viz. the Tuscane, Dorick, Ionick, Corinthian and Composite / by Alexander Francine ... ; with a description of each figure ; set forth by Robert Pricke, for the use and benefit of all ingenious workmen that are concerned in eminent building.

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Creator:: Francine, Alexandre, -1648
Date:: 1669
Physical Description:: [4] pages, XXXX leaves of plates : illustrations ; 41 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. 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 ...

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Creator:: Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796
Date:: MDCCLIX [1759]
Physical Description:: [vi], iv, 85, [1] pages, [50] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 56 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts