An essay on the study and practice of architecture. Explaining the true principles of the science; And Directing the Gentleman and Builder to design and finish in every Article, with Judgment and Taste. Illustrated with figures, elegantly engraved, explaining the Five Orders, their several Parts, and just Proportions. With a Frontispiece, designed by Mr. Wale, and curiously engraved. To which are added, directions for the embellishment of cities, and for the laying out of gardens.
- Laugier, Marc-Antoine, 1711-1769.
- Date:
- 1756
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Also known as
Essai sur l'architecture. English
Publication/Creation
London : printed for Stanley Crowder and Henry Woodgate, at the Golden-Ball in Pater-Noster-Row, 1756.
Physical description
xvi,[2],272,[8]p.,plates ; 80.
Contributors
References note
ESTC N1527
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.