A short historical account of London-bridge : with a proposition for a new stone-bridge at Westminster ; as also an account of some remarkable stone-bridges abroad, and what the best authors have said and directed concerning the methods of building them ; illustrated with proper cuts ; in a letter to the Right Honourable the members of Parliament for the city and liberty of Westminster / by Nicholas Hawksmoor, Esq.

Main entry:

Hawksmoor, Nicholas, 1661-1736.

Title & Author:

Publication:

London : Printed for J. Wilcox, 1736.

Description:

47, [1] pages, [5] folded leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Library copy: folded leaf with "Plan General of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich, Ano. 1728" bound in at end. The plate was published in Hawksmoor's Remarks on the founding and carrying on the buildings of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich. London : Printed by N. Blandford, 1728 (cf. Harris, E. British architectural books and writers, 1556-1785, c1990, no. 325).
Library copy: binding: quarter bound, 20th century calf spine; marbled paper boards.

Resources:
Connect online to the Making of the Modern World (The Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature)

Subject:

Hawksmoor, Nicholas, 1661-1736
London Bridge (London, England) History Early works to 1800.
Stone bridges.
Ponts en pierre.
London Bridge (London, England)
Westminster Bridge (London, England)
London Bridge (Londres, Angleterre)
Westminster Bridge (Londres, Angleterre)
England London London Bridge.
England London Westminster Bridge.
Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich.

Added entries:

Hawksmoor, Nicholas, 1661-1736. Remarks on the founding and carrying on the buildings of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich.

Short historical account of London-bridge, wityh some remarks and observations on the present state and condition of it
Proposition for erecting a bridge at Westminster
Account of some remarkable stone-bridges in other countries
Short account of some more foreign bridges, and their dimensions

Holdings:

Location: Library cage 186108
Call No.: NA44.H395.A35 1736
Status: Available

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