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Twelve designs of country-houses : of two, three and four rooms on a floor : proper for glebes and small estates : with some observations on the common errors in building / by a gentleman.
Creator:
Payne, John, 1710–1771
Date:
1757
Physical Description:
16, [8] p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Des principes de l'architecture, de la sculpture, de la peinture, et des autres arts qui en dependent : avec un dictionnaire des termes propres à chacun de ces arts.
Creator:
Félibien, André, sieur des Avaux et de Javercy, 1619–1695
Date:
MDCLXXVI [1676]
Physical Description:
[24], 795, [1] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
De architectura libri dece traducti de latino in vulgare, affigurati: cōmentati: & con mirando ordine insigniti [da Cæsare Cæsariano] ...
Creator:
Vitruvius Pollio
Date:
1521]
Physical Description:
IIII numb. leaves, 4 leaves, CLXXXIII numb. leaves, 1 leaf. ill. 41 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
The first[-fift] booke of architecture / made by Sebastian Serly ... Translated out of Italian into Dutch, and out of Dutch into English.
Creator:
Serlio, Sebastiano, 1475–1554
Date:
1611
Physical Description:
5 v. in 1. ill., plans, diagrs. 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Gothic architecture, improved by rules and proportions. In many grand designs of columns, doors, windows ... With plans, elevations and profiles; geometrically explained. By B. & T. Langley.
Creator:
Langley, Batty, 1696–1751
Date:
1747
Physical Description:
1 p.., 64 pl. 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
The First [... fourth] booke of architecture.
Creator:
Palladio, Andrea, 1508–1580
Date:
not before 1611
Physical Description:
1 volume (272 leaves) : pen and ink on paper ; 35 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Guarini, Guarino, 1624–1683
Date:
MDCCXXXVII [1737]
Physical Description:
[8], 307, [1] pages, [80] leaves of plates : illustrations, plans, portrait ; 41 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Pain, William, 1730?-1790?
Date:
1799
Physical Description:
v, [30], 24 p., [152] leaves of plates (1 folded) : chiefly ill., plans ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Salmon, William, ca. 1703–1779
Date:
1755
Physical Description:
[12], 131 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : table ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Date:
1775
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 127, 6, [16] p., [70] leaves of plates in various pagings : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Montano, Giovanni Battista, 1545–1621
Date:
1684
Physical Description:
5 volumes : illustrations ; 43 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Palladio, Andrea, 1508–1580
Date:
anno MDCCXXXVII [1738]
Physical Description:
[12], 110, [212] leaves of plates : illustrations 41 cm (folio)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Date:
1773
Physical Description:
vii, [1], 127, 6, [16] p., [49] leaves of plates in various pagings : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Palladio, Andrea, 1508–1580
Date:
1570
Physical Description:
4 pts. in 1 v. (67, [1], 66 [i.e. 78], [2], 46, [2], 128, [6] p.) : ill., plans ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Soane, John, 1753–1837
Date:
1778
Physical Description:
[1], [2] p. : [38] (i.e. 37) leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Capra, Alessandro, 17th cent
Date:
MDCCXVII [1717]
Physical Description:
2 v. in 1 : ill., port. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Aldrich, Henry, 1648–1710
Date:
1789
Physical Description:
[viii], 54 p., illus., plans 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Neve, Richard
Date:
1703
Physical Description:
[32], 288 p. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Le Clerc, Sébastien, 1637–1714
Date:
1724
Physical Description:
[6], [181] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Vitruvius Pollio
Date:
1486 or 7]
Physical Description:
[196] p. : ill. ; 31 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
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
No cover image available
Creator:
Morris, Robert, 1701–1754
Date:
1755
Physical Description:
xiv p., [50] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Lowth, Thomas Henry, 1753 or 4–1778
Date:
1776]
Physical Description:
1 p.., 21 p. 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Date:
[1771?]
Physical Description:
25 prints ; volume 52 x 39 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Soane, John, 1753–1837
Date:
1797
Physical Description:
[1], [38] leaves of plates (some folded) : chiefly ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Emlyn, Henry, 1728 or 1729–1815
Date:
MDCCLXXXI [1781]
Physical Description:
[4], iv, 11, [1] pages, X leaves of plates : illustrations ; 55 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
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
No cover image available
Date:
MDCC LXXXVIII [1788]
Physical Description:
[4], 345, [1], 100 p., CLXXXV leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., plans ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Vitruvius Pollio
Date:
MDCCXCI [1791]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 54 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Roman, Edward
Date:
1734
Physical Description:
15 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Palladio, Andrea, 1508–1580
Date:
2008
Physical Description:
[6], 14, [2] p. (last leaf folded) : ill. ; 44 x 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.

58. The magazine of architecture, perspective, & sculpture : in five parts : Part the first. Geometrical, practical, & usefull [sic] problems ; for ye describing of circles, ovals, arches, groyns (Regular or rampant) & polygons, ye mouldings made use of in architecture; the handrail to stair-cases; ye wreath'd columns; ionic (capital antient & modern) volutes; & to flute columns and pilasters : Part the second. Plain & easy directions, for the construction of ye five orders of architecture , with their imposts & arches, plans, elevations & profiles, (accurately describ'd by feet, inches & parts; likewise by the customary measure of modules & minutes) frontispieces & windows; ornaments for mouldings, capitals & freezes; fretts & flowers; enrich'd pedestals for statues; compartiments [sic] for domes, soffites of arches & pavements; of the proportion and cieling [sic] of rooms; and designs of obelisks : Part the third. On the disposition & regularity of stair-cases; with several necessary improvements, wherein the symetry [sic] requir'd is preserv'd in ye steps & halfpaces, &c. also in ye rangeing [sic] ballisters & ornaments : Part the fourth. A most easy & expeditious method, to delineate in perspective, all designs relating to architecture, after a new manner, wholly free from ye confusion of occult lines : Part the fifth. The parts of human-body describ'd; with ye nature of motion reduc'd to geometrical rules; to which is added, a collection of ye most beautiful antique statues, with their parts describ'd, as measur'd from the originals / engraven on 96 copper plates by Benjn. Cole ; to which is annexed, an alphabetical explanation of ye terms made use of in architecture ; collected from the most approv'd authors, antient & modern, particularly, Palladio, Scamozzi & Vignola, & made a work of general use for gentlemen, architects, sculptors, painters, workmen, & all persons concern'd in building, by Edward Oakley, Architect . M. M.

No cover image available
Creator:
Oakley, Edward, active 18th century
Date:
MDCCXXX [1730]
Physical Description:
[12], 119, [1] p., XCIII leaves of plates : ill., coat of arms, diagrams, plans ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Ware, Isaac, 1704?-1766
Date:
MDCCLVI [1756, i.e. 1757]
Physical Description:
[18], 92, [2], 93-116, [2], 117-120, [2], 121-748, [4] pages, [115] leaves of plates : illustrations, plans ; 43 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Laugier, Marc-Antoine, 1711–1769
Date:
1756
Physical Description:
xvi, [2], 272, [8] p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Leoni, Giacomo, approximately 1686–1746
Date:
[1728?]
Physical Description:
8 prints : etching ; plate marks 35 x 76 cm, or smaller, on sheets 66 x 97 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Palladio, Andrea, 1508–1580
Date:
1668
Physical Description:
[10], 32, [1], 36-159, [29], 191-198, [19] p. 218, [3], p. 220, [3], p. 226, [3], p. 230, [3], p. 234, [2], 237-239 p., [5] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Robinson, William, approximately 1744–
Date:
1759
Physical Description:
[32] leaves, 33-47 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404–1472
Date:
anno Salutis millesimo octavagesimo quinto, quarto chalendas Ianuarius [29 December 1485]
Physical Description:
[204] leaves ; 27 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Vitruvius Pollio
Date:
MDCCCXXVI [1826]
Physical Description:
xl, 413 p., 10 leaves of plates : ill., plans ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Scamozzi, Vincenzo, 1552–1616
Date:
1615
Physical Description:
2 v. in 1. ill., plans. 35 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Gerbier, Balthazar, Sir, 1592?-1667
Date:
1662
Physical Description:
6 p.., 44 p. 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Palladio, Andrea, 1508–1580
Date:
second half of the 15th century
Physical Description:
1 volume ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Darly, Matthias
Date:
[1770 or 1771]
Physical Description:
102 leaves : illustrations ; 49 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Neve, Richard
Date:
1726
Physical Description:
[12], xx, [288] p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Vitruvius Pollio
Date:
1660
Physical Description:
[12], 148 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Aldrich, Henry, 1648–1710
Date:
1789
Physical Description:
lxvi, 66 p. 55 plates (incl. plans) 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Langley, Batty, 1696–1751
Date:
[1790?]
Physical Description:
xxiv, [184] leaves of plates : ill. ; 15 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Hoppus, E. (Edward), d. 1739
Date:
1748
Physical Description:
101 p., lxxxiv leaves of plates : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
L'Orme, Philibert de, 1515?-1570
Date:
1576
Physical Description:
[12], 94, [6] p. : ill. ; 33 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Palladio, Andrea, 1508–1580
Date:
1663
Physical Description:
[10], 199, [1], 101-115, [2], 210-222, [3], 228, [4] p., [7] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Pain, William, 1730?-1790?
Date:
1793
Physical Description:
[42], 52 p., 48 plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts