Designs for Villas and Other Rural Buildings

Architect Edmund Aiken British

Publisher J. Taylor British

1808

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Title: Designs for Villas and Other Rural Buildings
Architect: Edmund Aiken (British, active 1808–35)
Publisher: J. Taylor (London)
Published in: London
Date: 1808
Medium: Illustrations: aquatint
Dimensions: 12 5/8 × 10 1/16 × 1/2 in. (32 × 25.5 × 1.2 cm)
Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937
Object Number: 37.91.5
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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