Langley, Batty, 1696-1751, The builder's director, or, Bench-mate , 1761
- Title(s):
The builder's director, or, Bench-mate : being a pocket-treasury of the Grecian, Roman, and gothic orders of architecture, made easy... : by nearly 500 examples, improved from the best authors, ancient andmodern, of pedestals, bases, shafts [etc.] ... : engraved on 184 copper plates: wherein the orders of Andrea Palladio are truly laid down ... / by Batty Langley ...
- Additional Title(s):
Builder's director.
Bench-mate.
- Published/Created:
- London : Printed for A. Webley, 1761.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv p., [92] leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsNA2810 L3 1761Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3415114
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Other editions were published in 1747, 1751 and 1767.
English short title catalogue, N43654
Harris, E. British architectural books and writers, 1556-1785. Cambridge [England] : Cambridge University Press, 1994, c1990. 427 - Subject Terms:
- Architecture -- Early works to 1800.Architecture -- Orders -- Early works to 1800.Beaumont, Richard Blackett, b.1926 -- Bookplate.Building -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. -- Early works to 1800.Engraving -- Specimens -- 1761.Webley, A. -- Publisher.
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