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The Carpenter's Compleat Guide to the Whole System of Gothic Railing, Consisting of Twenty-Six Entire New Designs for Paling, and Gates of DIfferent Kinds, and Very Proper to be Executed at the Entrance of Parks, Gardens, Courts, Yards, Terminations for Visto's, Ha Ha's!, Gothic Temples, etc.

1765
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  • Title: The Carpenter's Compleat Guide to the Whole System of Gothic Railing, Consisting of Twenty-Six Entire New Designs for Paling, and Gates of DIfferent Kinds, and Very Proper to be Executed at the Entrance of Parks, Gardens, Courts, Yards, Terminations for Visto's, Ha Ha's!, Gothic Temples, etc.
  • Designer: Written and designed by Robert Manwaring (British, active 1760–ca. 1770)
  • Designer: Johann Heinrich Müntz (Swiss, Mulhouse 1727–1798 Kassel)
  • Designer: Designed and engraved by John Crunden (British, ca. 1741–1835)
  • Publisher: A. Webley (British, active London, 1760s)
  • Publisher: Henry Webley (British, active London 1760s)
  • Published in: London
  • Date: 1765
  • Medium: Illustrations: engraving
  • Dimensions: 9 13/16 x 6 9/16 x 5/16 in. (25 x 16.7 x 0.8 cm)
  • Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1935
  • Object Number: 35.45.3
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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