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The cabinet-maker and upholsterer's drawing-book : in three parts / by Thomas Sheraton, cabinet-maker ...
Creator:
Sheraton, Thomas, 1751–1806
Date:
1793
Physical Description:
xxxiii, [5]-446 p., [65] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
New principles of linear perspective, or, The art of designing on a plane, the representations of all sorts of objects : in a more general and simple method than has been hitherto done / by Brook Taylor ... ; revised and corrected by John Colson ...
Creator:
Taylor, Brook, 1685–1731
Date:
1749
Physical Description:
x, [11]-80 p., [13] leaves of folded plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. 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.

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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
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Creator:
Priestley, Joseph, 1733–1804
Date:
1772
Physical Description:
2 v. (4, v, [1], xvi, 812, [12] p. [25] leaves of plates (some folded)) : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Creator:
Ferguson, James, 1710–1776
Date:
1775
Physical Description:
xii, 123 p., 9 folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Creator:
Ferguson, James, 1710–1776
Date:
1778
Physical Description:
xii, 123 p., 9 leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Creator:
Highmore, Joseph, 1692–1780
Date:
1763
Physical Description:
xvi, 129, [1] p. diagrs. on 50 fold. pl. 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Creator:
Ditton, Humphry, 1675–1715
Date:
1712
Physical Description:
[4], xvi, 173 p., 6 leaves of folded plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts