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The City and Country Builder's and Workman's Treasury of Designs: Or the Art of Drawing and Working The Ornamental Parts of Architecture

Author Batty Langley British
Publisher Samuel Harding British
1745
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  • Title: The City and Country Builder's and Workman's Treasury of Designs: Or the Art of Drawing and Working The Ornamental Parts of Architecture
  • Author: Batty Langley (British, Twickenham baptised 1696–1751 London)
  • Publisher: Samuel Harding (British, active from 1722, died 1755)
  • Date: 1745
  • Medium: Illustrations: etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: 11 7/16 × 8 15/16 × 1 1/4 in. (29 × 22.7 × 3.2 cm)
  • Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1952
  • Object Number: 52.519.8
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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