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The practical builder; or workman's general assistant; shewing the most approved and easy methods for drawing and working the whole or separate part of any building; ... rules of carpentry, ... Frontispieces, chimney-pieces, ceilings ... in the newest taste; with plans and elevations ... The fourth edition; revised and corrected by the author, William Pain, ... Engraved on eighty-three plates.
Pain, William, 1730?-1790?.Date: 1789- Books
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A treatise on the decorative part of civil architecture. Illustrated by fifty original, and three additional plates, engraved by Old Rooker, Old Foudrinier, Charles Grignion, and other eminent hands. By Sir William Chambers, K.P.S. surveyor general of His Majesty's works; treasurer, and member of the Royal Academy of Arts in London; also of those of Paris, and Florence. FRS. FAS. FSSS.
Chambers, William, Sir, 1723-1796.Date: M.DCC.XCI. [1791]- Books
American decorative papermakers : the work & specimens of twelve craft artists / [introduction, glossary & bibliography by Don Guyot].
Date: 1983- Books
In praise of patterned papers : a collection of essays / by Paul Nash [and others] ; with an introduction by Tanya Schmoller.
Nash, Paul, 1889-1946.Date: 1997- Books
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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. Illustrated by upwards of four hundred grand designs, neatly engraved on one hundred and eighty-six copper-plates, for piers, gates, doors, windows, niches, buffets, cisterns, chinmey-pieces, tabernacle-frames, pavements, frets, gulochi's, pulpits, types, altar-pieces, monuments, fonts, obelisques, pedestals, for sun-dials, busto's, and stone tables, book-cases, cielings, and iron works. Proportioned by aliquot parts. With an appendix of fourteen plates of trusses for girders and beams, different sorts of rafters, and a variety of roofs, &c. To which are prefixed, the five orders of columns, according to Andrea Palladio; whose members are proportioned by aliquot parts, in a more easy manner than has yet been done. The whole interspersed with sure rules for working all the varieties of raking members in pediments, modillions, &c. The like, for the immediate use of workmen, never published before, in any language. By B.L.
Langley, Batty, 1696-1751.Date: 1736- Books
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Observations on the poisonous vegetables which are either indigenous in Great-Britain, or Cultivated for ornament. By B. Wilmer, Surgeon
Wilmer, Bradford.Date: MDCCLXXXI. [1781]- Books
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An early London printing house at work : studies in the Bowyer ledgers : with a supplement to the Bowyer ornament stock (1973), an appendix on the Bowyer-Emonson partnership, and Bowyer's Paper stock ledger, by Herbert Davis / Keith Maslen.
Maslen, K. I. DDate: 1993- Books
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New and rare beautiful-leaved plants : containing illustrations and descriptions of the most ornamental-foliaged plants not hitherto noticed in any work on the subject / by Shirley Hibberd.
Date: 1870- Books
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The ornaments of the statute book given to the College by Doctor Caius in December 1557.
Moore, Norman, 1847-1922.Date: 26 January 1911- Books
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Useful and ornamental designs in architecture. Composed in the manner of the antique, and most approved taste of the present day. The whole being peculiarly adapted for execution. By Richard Morrison, architect.
Morrison, Richard, 1767-1849.Date: 1793- Books
A drop of nourishment for people / by Nāgārjuna & The Jewel ornament, a commentrary / translated from the Mongolian by Stanley Frye.
Nāgārjuna, active 2nd century.Date: 1981- Books
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Chinese architecture, civil and ornamental. Being a large collection of the most elegant and useful designs and plans and elevations, &c. from the Imperial retreat to the smallest ornamental building in China. ... The whole neatly engraved on twenty-four copper-plates, ... adapted to this climate, by P. Decker, ...
Decker, Paul.Date: 1759- Books
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Specimen of brass card borders, and other ornaments, on an entire new principle, By C. & A. Paas, engravers to their Majesties.
C. &. A. Paas (London, England)Date: [1793]- Books
La gravure des fers à dorer / Julien Fléty.
Fléty, Julien.Date: [1984], ©1984- Books
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Specimen of metal cast ornaments, curiously adjusted to paper, by Edmund Fry and Co. Letter-founders to the Prince of Wales, Type-Street.
Fry and Steele.Date: 1793- Books
The ideal book or book beautiful : a tract on calligraphy, printing, and illustration, and on the book beautiful as a whole / by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson.
Cobden-Sanderson, T. J. (Thomas James), 1840-1922.Date: 1978- Books
Fore-edge painting : a historical survey of a curious art in book decoration / by Carl J. Weber.
Weber, Carl J. (Carl Jefferson), 1894-1966.Date: 1966- Pictures
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Cabinet-making: design for a bookcase. Etching by J. Verchère after himself, 1880.
Verchère, J.Reference: 41843i- Pictures
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Cabinet-making: designs for a bookcase. Etching by J. Verchère after himself, 1880.
Verchère, J.Reference: 41846i- Pictures
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Cabinet-making: design for a glass-fronted bookcase. Etching by J. Verchère after himself.
Verchère, J.Reference: 41839i- Pictures
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Cabinet-making: designs for a bookcase. Etching by J. Verchère after himself, 1880.
Verchère, J.Reference: 41845i- Books
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The farmer's boy; a rural poem, in four books. By Robert Bloomfield. With ornaments engraved in wood by Anderson.
Bloomfield, Robert, 1766-1823.Date: MDCCC. [1800]- Books
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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. Illustrated by upwards of four hundred grand designs, neatly engraved on one hundred and eighty-six copper plates, for Piers, Gates, Doors, Windows, Niches, Buffets, Cisterns, Chimney Pieces, Tabernacle Frames, Pavements, Frets, Gulochi's, Pulpits, Types, Altar Pieces, Monuments, Fonts, Obelisques, Pedestals, for Sun-Dials, Busto's, and Stone Tables, Book-Cases, Cielings, and Iron Works. Proportioned by Aliquot Parts. With an appendix of fourteen plates of Trusses for Girders and Beams, different Sorts of Rafters, and a Variety of Roofs, &c. To which are prefix'd, The Five Orders of Columns, according to Andrea Palladio; whose Members are proportioned by Aliquot Parts, in a more easy Manner than has yet been done. The Whole interspersed With sure Rules for working all the Varieties of Raking Members in Pediments, Modilions, &c. The like, for the immediate Use of Workmen, never published before, in any Language. By B.L.
Langley, Batty, 1696-1751.Date: 1745- Books
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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. Illustrated by upwards of four hundred grand designs, neatly engraved on one hundred and eighty-six copper-plates, for Piers, Gates, Doors, Windows, Niches, Buffets, Cisterns, Chimney-Pieces, Tabernacle-Frames, Pavements, Frets, Gulochi's, Pulpits, Types, Altar-Pieces, Monuments, Fonts, Obelisques, Pedestals, for Sun-Dials, Busto's, and Stone Tables, Book-Cases, Cielings, and Iron Works. Proportioned by Aliquot parts. With an appendix of fourteen plates of Trusses for Girders and beams, different Sorts of rafters, and a Variety of Roofs, &c. To which are prefix'd, The Five Orders of Columns, according to Andrea Palladio; whose Members are proportioned by aliquot Parts, in a more easy Manner than has yet been done. The whole interspersed With sure rules for working all the Varieties of Raking Members in Pediments, Modillions, &c. The like, for the immediate Use of workmen, never published before, in any Language. By B. L.
Langley, Batty, 1696-1751.Date: 1750- Books
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The gentleman and cabinet-maker's director: being a large collection of the most elegant and useful designs of household furniture, in the most fashionable taste. Including a great Variety of Chairs, Sofas, Beds, and Couches; China-Tables, Dressing-Tables, Shaving-Tables, Bason-Stands, and Teakettle-Stands; Frames for Marble-Slabs, Bureau-Dressing-Tables, and Commodes; Writing-Tables, and Library-Tables; Library-Book-Cases, Organ-Cases for private Rooms, or Churches, Desks, and Book-Cases; Dressing and Writing-Tables with Book-Cases, Toilets, Cabinets, and Cloaths-Presses; China-Cases, China-Shelves, and Book-Shelves; Candle-Stands, Terms for Busts, Stands for China Jars, and Pedestals; Cisterns for Water, Lanthorns, and Chandeliers; Fire-Screens, Brackets, and Clock-Cases; Pier-Glasses, and Table-Frames; Girandoles, Chimney-Pieces, and Picture-Frames; Stove-Grates, Boarders, Frets, Chinese-Railing, and Brass-Work, for Furniture. And Other Ornaments. To which is Prefixed. A Short Explanation of the Five Orders of Architecture; with Proper Directions for executing the most difficult Pieces, the Mouldings being exhibited at large, and the Dimensions of each Design specified. The Whole comprehended in Two Hundred Copper-Plates, neatly engraved. Calculated to improve and refine the present Taste, and suited to the Fancy and Circumstances of Persons in all Degrees of Life. By Thomas Chippendale, Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer, in St. Martin's Lane, London.
Chippendale, Thomas, 1718-1779.Date: MDCCLXII. [1762]