The builder's pocket-treasure, or, Palladio delineated and explained, in such a manner as to render that most excellent author plain and intelligible to the meanest capacity : in which not only the theory but the practical part of architecture has been carefully attended to : illustrated with new and useful designs ... neatly and correctly engraved on forty-four copper plates, with printed explanations to face each plate / by William Pain ; engraved by Isaac Taylor.

Main entry:

Pain, William, 1730?-1790?

Title & Author:

Edition:

A new edition, with an appendix of eleven copper plates and explanations.

Publication:

London : Printed for W. Owen ..., 1785.

Description:

iv, [1], 90 [i.e. 151] pages : illustrations, plans ; 21 cm (8vo)

Notes:
Originally published in 1763.
Some of the pages are plates (some folded) printed on one side only and numbered both as pages and as plates 1-55.

Subject:

Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580.
Classicism in architecture.
Architecture Early works to 1800.
Architecture Designs and plans.
Classicisme en architecture.
Architecture Ouvrages avant 1800.
Architecture Dessins et plans.
Architecture.

Form/genre:

Architectural drawings.
Early works.
Autographs (Provenance) DL C
Presentation copies (Provenance) DLC

Added entries:

Builder's pocket treasure.
Palladio delineated and explained.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 37471
Call No.: W6171; ID:88-B8416
Status: Available

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