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The builder's magazine: or, a universal dictionary for architects, carpenters, masons, bricklayers, &c. as well as for every gentleman who would wish to be a competent judge of the elegant and necessary art of building. ... Consisting of designs in architecture in every stile and taste, ... together with the plans and sections, serving as an unerring assistant in the construction of any building, ... The whole forming a complete system of architecture, in all its branches, ... By a Society of Architects. A new edition.
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BUILDER'S MAGAZINE ...
The builder's magazine: or, a universal dictionary for architects, carpenters, masons, bricklayers, &c. as well as for every gentleman who would wish to be a competent judge of the elegant and necessary art of building. ... Consisting of designs in architecture in every stile and taste, ... together with the plans and sections, serving as an unerring assistant in the construction of any building, ... The whole forming a complete system of architecture, in all its branches, ... By a Society of Architects. A new edition.
London (Place), printed for E. Newbery; and sold by all other booksellers in Great Britain and Ireland,, 1788.
[4], 345, [1], 8, 100 p., CLXXXV pl. (9 fold.) ; 26.0 cm. (4°)
The 'Society of Architects' named in the title is fictitious, the text being largely reprinted from The builder's dictionary, 1734 (q.v.), and the designs illustrated in the plates entirely the work of John Carter (1748--1817). The first edition was published by Francis Newbery in parts from September 1774 to October 1778. This "new edition", published by Newberry's widow, is a reprint with the addition of an eight-page 'List of Prices by an Eminent Surveyor' based on the 1785 edition of Taylor's The builder's price-book. ESTC t118296; Harris and Savage 69.
Copy Notes Purchased at Christie's Revett sale, 26--27 June 1804 (q.v.), lot 42 for £1 7s.
Binding Early C19th tree calf, gilt-ruled borders, gilt double-rule spine direct-lettered in gilt. Bound by J. Wingrave for 6s. 6d. on 5 August 1804. (Archive 7/3/121).
Reference Number 1813
Additional Names J.$Wingrave, bookbinder; Carter, John (1748--1817) - Library; Revett, Nicholas (1720--1804) - Library; Christie, James, the younger (1773--1831), auctioneer. [Sale cat. 1804:06:26--27]; Society of Architects
The builder's magazine: or, a universal dictionary for architects, carpenters, masons, bricklayers, &c. as well as for every gentleman who would wish to be a competent judge of the elegant and necessary art of building. ... Consisting of designs in architecture in every stile and taste, ... together with the plans and sections, serving as an unerring assistant in the construction of any building, ... The whole forming a complete system of architecture, in all its branches, ... By a Society of Architects. A new edition.
London (Place), printed for E. Newbery; and sold by all other booksellers in Great Britain and Ireland,, 1788.
[4], 345, [1], 8, 100 p., CLXXXV pl. (9 fold.) ; 26.0 cm. (4°)
The 'Society of Architects' named in the title is fictitious, the text being largely reprinted from The builder's dictionary, 1734 (q.v.), and the designs illustrated in the plates entirely the work of John Carter (1748--1817). The first edition was published by Francis Newbery in parts from September 1774 to October 1778. This "new edition", published by Newberry's widow, is a reprint with the addition of an eight-page 'List of Prices by an Eminent Surveyor' based on the 1785 edition of Taylor's The builder's price-book. ESTC t118296; Harris and Savage 69.
Copy Notes Purchased at Christie's Revett sale, 26--27 June 1804 (q.v.), lot 42 for £1 7s.
Binding Early C19th tree calf, gilt-ruled borders, gilt double-rule spine direct-lettered in gilt. Bound by J. Wingrave for 6s. 6d. on 5 August 1804. (Archive 7/3/121).
Reference Number 1813
Additional Names J.$Wingrave, bookbinder; Carter, John (1748--1817) - Library; Revett, Nicholas (1720--1804) - Library; Christie, James, the younger (1773--1831), auctioneer. [Sale cat. 1804:06:26--27]; Society of Architects