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Langley, Batty, 1696–1751

The city and country builder's, and workman's treasury of designs, or, The art of drawing, and working the ornamental parts of architecture : illustrated by upwards of four hundred ... designs ... engraved on 186 ... plates ... to which are prefix'd, the five orders of columns ; according to Andrea Palladio ... the whole interspersed, with sure rules, for working, all the varieties of raking members in pediments, modilions, &c. ...

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The city and country builder's, and workman's treasury of designs, or, The art of drawing, and working the ornamental parts of architecture : illustrated by upwards of four hundred ... designs ... engraved on 186 ... plates ... to which are prefix'd, the five orders of columns ; according to Andrea Palladio ... the whole interspersed, with sure rules, for working, all the varieties of raking members in pediments, modilions, &c. ... /, London : Printed by J. Ilive for Thomas Langley, 1740, Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler.
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  • Creator

    Langley, Batty, 1696–1751

  • Title(s)

    The city and country builder's, and workman's treasury of designs, or, The art of drawing, and working the ornamental parts of architecture : illustrated by upwards of four hundred ... designs ... engraved on 186 ... plates ... to which are prefix'd, the five orders of columns ; according to Andrea Palladio ... the whole interspersed, with sure rules, for working, all the varieties of raking members in pediments, modilions, &c. ... / by Batty Langley.

  • Published/Created

    London : Printed by J. Ilive for Thomas Langley, 1740.

  • Physical Description

    iv, 24 pages, clxxxiv [i.e. 186] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm

  • Holdings

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    NA3310 .L3+ Copy 2 Oversize
    Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    NA3310 L3+ Copy 1 Oversize
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Copyright Status

    Public Domain

  • Full Alma Record

    https://search.library.yale.edu/catalog/991712723408651

  • Classification

    Books

  • Notes

    Plates dated 1738 or 1739, and signed by Batty Langley and Thomas Langley.
    Page viii misnumbered vii; plate CLXXXVI misnumbered CLXXXIV.
    Advertisements, p. [ii].
    With head- and tail-pieces; initials.
    BAC : British Art Center copy 1 includes 14 plates, numbered in ms., dated 1741, and published by Sam. Harding, bound in at end. These same plates, with engraved numerals, appeared at the end of Harding's publication of this work in 1745.
    BAC: British Art Center copy bound in later quarter calf and marbled boards. Contemporary marbled wrappers bound in. Signed in manuscript (with address): Edwin. L. Lutyens.

  • Subject Terms

    Architecture -- Details. |
    Architecture -- Orders. |
    Decoration and ornament, Architectural. |
    Lutyens, Edwin Landseer, Sir, 1869–1944 -- Autograph.

  • Form/Genre

    Etchings -- 1740.

  • Contributors

    Ilive, Jacob, 1705–1763, printer. | Langley, T. (Thomas), 1702–1751, publisher.

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The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

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