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Practical Architecture, or a Sure Guide to the True Working According to the Rules of That Science, Representing the Five Orders

Author William Halfpenny British
Publisher Thomas Bowles II British
1736
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Object Information
  • Title: Practical Architecture, or a Sure Guide to the True Working According to the Rules of That Science, Representing the Five Orders
  • Author: William Halfpenny (British, active from ca. 1722, died 1755)
  • Publisher: Thomas Bowles II (British, ca. 1695–1767) London
  • Date: 1736
  • Medium: Illustrations: etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: 6 7/16 × 4 1/8 × 3/8 in. (16.4 × 10.5 × 1 cm)
  • Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
  • Object Number: 41.100.72
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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