The art of sound building, demonstrated in geometrical problems : shewing geometrical lines for all kinds of arches, niches, groins, and twisted rails, both regular and irregular With several other Draughts of Buildings and Staircases. All Curiously Engraven on Copper Plates. Wherein are laid down (suited to every Capacity) easy Practical Methods for Carpenters, Joiners, Masons, or Bricklayers, to work by. By William Halfpenny, Architect and Carpenter.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Halfpenny, William, -1755.

Series:

• Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Architecture--Early works to 1800.
• Architecture.
• House construction--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• House construction.
• Architecture, Domestic.
• Architecture, Domestic--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Genre:

• Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

10 unnumbered pages,56 pages, 2 unnumbered pages,plates ; 2⁰

Place of Publication:

London : printed by Sam. Aris for the author, in Exeter-Change in the Strand; Benjamin Cole Engraver, in London-House-Yard, St. Paul's Church-Yard; Tho. Taylor Printseller, at the Golden Lion in Fleet-Street; Bowen Whitledge Bookseller, at the Red Bible in Ave-Mary-Lane; Tho. Bowles Printseller, next the Chapter-House in St. Paul's Church-Yard; Tho. Wright Mathematical Instrument-Maker, at the Orrery and Globe in Fleet-Street; John Senex, over-against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-Street; Francis Fayram, at the Royal Exchange in Cornhill; Tho. Worrall, over-against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-Street; and John Walthoe at Richmond, M.DCC.XXV. [1725]

System Details:

• Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• text file

Notes:

• With 2 engraved leaves of subscribers and a final leaf with errata and advertisements.
• Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
• Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T78315.

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