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Subject Terms Architecture, Domestic -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. -- Early works to 1800.

1. The art of sound building, demonstrated in geometrical problems : shewing geometrical lines for all kinds of arches, niches, groins, and twisted rails, both regular and irregular : with several other draughts of buildings and staircases : all curiously engraven on copper plates : wherein are laid down (suited to every Capacity) easy practical methods for carpenters, joiners, masons, or bricklayers, to work by / by William Halfpenny, architect and carpenter.

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Creator:: Halfpenny, William, d. 1755
Date:: MDCCXXV [1725]
Physical Description:: [12], 56, [2] p., 19, [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts