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Title(s):
English architecture, or, The publick buildings of London and Westminster : with plans of the streets and squares, represented in one hundred and twenty-three folio plates : with a succinct review of their history, and a candid examination of their perfections and defects.
Additional Title(s):

English architecture

Publick buildings of London and Westminster
Published/Created:
London : Printed for T. Osborne, in Gray's-Inn, [ 1758?]
Physical Description:
[6], 112, [4] pages, [123] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, maps, plans ; 46 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2022 57
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Sometimes attributed to John Gwynn. See McCarthy, British Architectural Library.
Probable date of publication from British Architectural Library.
McCarthy, M. Origins of the Gothic revival, pages 12-13
British Architectural Library. Early printed books, 1478-1840, 3841
Adams, B. London illustrated, 38
Harris, E. British architectural books and writers, 1556-1785, 223
English short title catalogue, T102004
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in quarter calf and marbled boards.
Subject Terms:
Architecture, Domestic -- England -- London.
Contributors:
Gwynn, John, 1713–1786.
Osborne, Thomas, -1767, publisher.
Cole, B. (Benjamin), engraver.
Bowles, Thomas, -1767, engraver.
Toms, W. H. (William Henry), approximately 1700–1765, engraver.
Bowen, Emanuel, 1693 or 1694–1767, engraver.
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