Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Langley, Batty, 1696-1751
Title:
The workman's golden rule for drawing and working the five orders in architecture : wherein their pedastals, columns, entablatures, imposts, and arches, are taken from the best examples of the ancients, and proportioned by equal parts, in a more concise, accurate, and easy manner, than has been done in any language : for the instruction of apprentices and journeymen, masons and bricklayers ... : and others who desire a just knowledge of the fundamental rule of that noble art / B. Langley.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for R. Ware, at the Bible and Sun, on Ludgate-Hill, 1750.
Physical Description:
[2], 8 p., 48 leaves of plates : ill. ; 11 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
At foot of t.p. Price 1s. 6d. Bound.
Subject Terms:
Architecture -- Orders -- Early works to 1800. | Architecture -- Early works to 1800. | Architectural drawing -- Early works to 1800. | Ware, R. -- Publisher. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1750.