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The magazine of architecture, perspective, & sculpture : in five parts ... / engraven on 96 copper plates by Benjn. Cole ; to which is annexed, an alphabetical explanation of ye terms made use of in architecture ; collected from the most approv'd authors, antient & modern, particularly, Palladio, Scamozzi & Vignola, & made a work of general use for gentlemen, architects, sculptors, painters, workmen, & all persons concern'd in building, by Edward Oakley, architect ...
Fine Arts Library - Rare Book NA2515 .O34 1730
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Oakley, Edward, active 18th century.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture--Early works to 1800.
- Architecture.
- Perspective--Early works to 1800.
- Perspective.
- Sculpture--Early works to 1800.
- Sculpture.
- PRO--Perkins, G. Holmes (donor).
- Local Subjects:
- PRO--Perkins, G. Holmes (donor).
- Genre:
- Booksellers' advertisements -- England -- 18th century.
- Physical Description:
- 12 unnumbered pages, 119 pages, 1 unnumbered page, XCIII leaves of plates : illustrations, coat of arms, diagrams, plans (engravings) ; 38 cm (folio)
- Place of Publication:
- Westminster : Printed by A. Campbell, for the author ... & B. Creake ..., 1730.
- Contents:
- (from t.p.) Part the first. Geometrical, practical, & usefull problems ...
- Part the second. Plain & easy directions, for the construction of ye five orders of architecture ...
- Part the third. On the disposition & regularity of stair-cases ...
- Part the fourth. A most easy & expeditious method, to delineate in perspective, all designs relating to architecture ...
- Part the fifth. The parts of human-body describ'd ... to which is added, a collection of ye most beautifull antique statues, with their parts describ'd, as measur'd from the originals.
- Notes:
- Plates engraved by Cole after Oakley's designs. Verso of first leaf (frontispiece), recto of second leaf (t.p.), and recto of third leaf (1st page of dedication) also engraved by Cole.
- Signatures: [A]2 a-b2 B-2H2.
- "Books printed for B. Creake ...": last page.
- Local Notes:
- Fine Arts Rare copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in December 1988 from Charles B. Wood bookseller (Cat. 65, no. 298).
- OCLC:
- 21918331
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