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1. The perspective of architecture : in two parts : a work entirely new, deduced from the principles of Dr. Brook Taylor : and performed by two rules only of universal application : part the first, contains the description and use of a new instrument called the architectonic sector : part the second, a new method of drawing the five orders, elegant structures, &c. in perspective / begun by command of His Present Majesty, when Prince of Wales, by Joshua Kirby, designer in perspective to His Majesty.

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Creator:: Kirby, John Joshua, 1716–1774
Date:: MDCCLXI [1761]
Physical Description:: [6], 82, [2], ii, 60, [2] pages, [1], XXV, LXXII leaves of plates : illustrations ; 49 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A treatise of architecture : with remarks and observations / by that excellent master thereof Sebastian LeClerc ... ; necessary for young people who would apply to that noble art ; engraven in CLXXXI copper plates by John Sturt ; translated by Mr. Chambers.

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Creator:: Le Clerc, Sébastien, 1637–1714
Date:: 1724
Physical Description:: [6], [181] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts