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Subject Terms Architecture, Chinese -- Early works to 1800.

1. Chinese and Gothic architecture properly ornamented : being twenty new plans and elevations, on twelve copper-plates : containing a great variety of magnificent buildings, accurately described : as also, several of a smaller kind elegantly design'd, with all necessary offices, of great strength, easy construction, and graceful appearance : scales are annexed, and regular estimates are made for each design : the whole carefully calculated by the great square : with instructions to workmen, &c. in several pages of letter-press : intended as an improvement of what has been published of that sort / correctly engraved from the designs of William and John Halfpenny, architects ; published according to act of Parliament, April 24, 1752.

Chinese and Gothic architecture properly ornamented : being twenty new plans and elevations, on twelve copper-plates : containing a great variety of magnificent buildings, accurately described : as also, several of a smaller kind elegantly design'd, with all necessary offices, of great strength, easy construction, and graceful appearance : scales are annexed, and regular estimates are made for each design : the whole carefully calculated by the great square : with instructions to workmen, &c. in several pages of letter-press : intended as an improvement of what has been published of that sort / correctly engraved from the designs of William and John Halfpenny, architects ; published according to act of Parliament, April 24, 1752.

Creator:: Halfpenny, William, d. 1755
Date:: 1752
Physical Description:: 16 p., 12 leaves of plates : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. New designs for Chinese temples, triumphal arches, garden seats, palings &c. ... / by William Halfpenny.

New designs for Chinese temples, triumphal arches, garden seats, palings &c. ... / by William Halfpenny.

Creator:: Halfpenny, William, -1755
Date:: 1750-1752
Physical Description:: 4 pts. in 1 : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Chinese landskips.

Chinese landskips.

Date:: [ca. 1752?]
Physical Description:: 12 leaves of plates : all ill. ; 23 x 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Rural architecture in the Chinese taste : being designs entirely new for the decoration of gardens, parks, ... on sixty copper plates with full instructions for workmen ... / the whole invented & drawn by Willm. & Jno. Halfpenny architects ; divided into four parts.

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Creator:: Halfpenny, William, d. 1755
Date:: 1752
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts