CATALOGUE 1 
 
 o f 
 
 MODERN BOOKS 
 
 O N 
 
 ARCHITECTURE, 
 
 THEORETICAL, PRACTICAL, and -ORNAMENTAL s 
 
 viz. 
 
 Books of Plans and Elevations for Houfes, Temples, 
 Bridges, &c. 
 
 Of Ornaments for Internal Decorations, Foliage for 
 Carvers, &c. 
 
 On Perfpeflive. 
 
 Books of Ufe to Carpenters, Bricklayers, and Workmen 
 in general, &c. &c. 
 
 Which, with the belt Ancient Authors, are conftantly on Sale at 
 
 I, and J. TAYLOR’S 
 
 Architectural Library^ No. 56, High Holborn , London. 
 
 Where may be had the Works of the moft celebrated 
 French Architects and Engineers. 
 
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 CATALOGUE, &c. 
 
 P LANS, Elevations, and Se&ions, of the Church and 
 Royal Monaftery of Batalha^ including the Maufole- 
 ums of King John I. and King Emanuel, lituate in the 
 Province of Ejlremadura> in Portugal , drawn and mea- 
 fured oh the Spot by James Murphy , Architect, with 
 an Hiflorical and Defcriptive Account of this famous 
 Gothic StruFlure ; to which will be prefixed an Intro¬ 
 ductory Dijcourie on the Principles of Gothic Architecture^ 
 elegantly printed on imperial folio, publifhing in 5Num- 
 bers. 
 
 N. B. No. T. & II. are already publifhed. 
 
 Shortly will be publifhed, Ferine O'n'ee^ or Rural Improve¬ 
 ments ■, a Series of Domeftic and Ornamental Defigns, 
 by John Flaw , price il. us. 6d. 
 
 The Ancient Buildings of Rome accurately meafured and 
 delineated by Antony Defgodetz , in French and Englifh, 
 by George Ma>Jhall , Architect, vob i. containing 6x 
 elegant plates, 2I 12s 6d. fewed. 
 
 N . B. The Second Volume is in great forwardnefs , and will 
 be publijhed the enfuing winter, Gentlemen defirous of 
 p offing early imprejfons , are requejled to fend their names 
 and addrefs to I. and J. Taylor, 
 
 Thirty Capitals of Columns, with Six Friezes, from 
 the Antique. Engraved in Aquatinta by G. Richard - 
 Jon , on 18 Plates. Quarto, 15s. 
 
 Deligns for Shop-Fronts and Door-Cafes^ on 27 plates, quar¬ 
 to, 1 os. 6d. 
 
 Defigns for Monuments , including Grave-Stones , Compart¬ 
 ments^ IVall-Pieces , and Tombs. Elegantly engraved on 
 40 quarto plates, half-bound, 16s. 
 
 Deiigns for Chimney Pieces , with Mouldings and Bafes at 
 large, on 24 quarto plates, 10s. 6d. 
 
 The Rudiments of Ancient Architecture^ in two Parts ; con¬ 
 taining an Hiftoiical Account of the Five Orders, with 
 their Proportion, and Examples of each from the An¬ 
 tiques: Alio, Vitruvius on the Temples and Interco- 
 lumniations, See. of the Ancients; calculated for the 
 Ufe of thofe who wifh to attain a luminary Knowledge 
 
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 pf the Science of Architecture; vvith a Dictionary of 
 Terms: illuftrated with ten Plates, and a Portrait of 
 the celebrated James Stuart , Efq. in boards, 5s. 
 
 Sketches for Cottages , Villas , &c. with their Plans and ap¬ 
 propriate Scenery, by John Soane ; to which is added. 
 Six Defigns for improving and embellijhing Grounds, with 
 Explanations, by an Amateur , on 54 Plates, elegantly 
 engraved in aquatinta, $1, 12s. 6d. half bound. 
 
 Plans, Elevations, and SeCtions, of Buildings, executed 
 in the counties of Norfolk , Suffolk , Torkjhire , Wilijhire , 
 Warwickjhire , Staffer djhire , Somerfetjhire , &c. By John 
 Soane , Architect, on forty-feven folio plates, 2I. 2s. 
 
 The fame on imperial paper, 2l. 12s. 6d. 
 
 Plans,Elevations, andSettions, of Noblemen aqd Gentlemen’s 
 Houfes, Stabling, Bridges public and private. Temples, 
 and other Garden Buildings, executed in the Counties of. 
 Derby, Durham, Middlefex, Northumberland, Nottlng- 
 ham, York, Effex, Wilts, Hertford, Suffolk, Salop, and 
 Surry; by Jatnes Paine , Architect, Joint Architect in the 
 Board of Works; 2 vols. with 176 very large folio 
 Plates, 61 . 16s. 6d. half-bound 
 
 N. B. The fecond vol. containing 101 Plates, may be had 
 feparate. Price 4I. 4s. in Sheets. 
 
 Plans, Elevations, and SeCtions, of the Houfe of Correcl'uyi 
 for the County of Middlefex , ereCied in Cold Bath 
 Fields, London ; together with the Particulars of the 
 feveral Materials to be contracted for, and manner of 
 ufins: the fame in building. 
 
 N. B. This Work is engraved from the original de¬ 
 figns, and publifhed with the authority of the Magi¬ 
 strates, by Charles Middleton , AichiteCt. Engraved op 
 53 plates, imperial folio, half bound, 2I. 12s. 6d. 
 
 The Cabinet-Maker and TJpholferer s Guide ; or Repofitory 
 of Defigns for every article of Houfehold Furniture, in 
 the neweft and moil: approved tafle : difplaying a great 
 Yariety of patterns for Chairs, Stools, Sofas, Confidante, 
 Ducheffe, Side Boards, Pedeftais and Vafes, Cellerets, 
 Knife Cafes, Defk and Book Cafes, Secretary and 
 Book Cafes, Library Cafes, Library Tables, Pveading 
 Defks, Chefts of Drawers, Urn Stands, Y ea Caddies, 
 Tea Trays, Card Tables, Pier 'Fables, Pembroke 
 Tables, Tambour Tables, Drefiing Glaffes, Drefling 
 Tables and Drawers, Commodes, Rudd’s Tables, 
 
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 Bidets, Night Tables, Bafon Stands, Wardrobes, P°t 
 Cupboards, Brackets, Hanging Shelves, Fire Screen s * 
 Beds, Field Beds, Sweep Tops for ditto, Bed Pillars, 
 Candle Stands, Lamps, Pier Glades, Terms for Buds, 
 Cornices for Library Cafes, Wardrobes, &c. at larger 
 Ornamented Tops for Pier Tables, Pembroke Tables, 
 Commodes, &c. &c. in the plained and molt enriched 
 dyles, with a fcale to each, and an explanation in 
 letter-prefs. Alfo the Plan of a Room* (hewing the 
 proper didribution of the furniture. The whole ex¬ 
 hibiting near three hundred different deligns, engraved 
 on one hundred and twenty-eight folio plates : from 
 drawings by A . Heppelwhite b 5 Co. Cabinet-Makers, 
 bound, 2I. 2s. 
 
 The Builder’s Price Book ; containing a correct Lijl of the 
 Prices allowed by the mofi eminent purveyors in London to 
 the fieveral artificers concerned in building ; including the 
 Journeymen’s Prices. A new edition, corre£led, with 
 great additions, by an experienced Surveyor, fewed, 
 2s. 6d. 
 
 Rural Architecture , or Defign from the fimple Cottage to the 
 Decorated Villa* including fome which have been ex¬ 
 ecuted, by John Plaw , on 62 plates in aquatinta, in 
 boards, 2I. 2S. 
 
 Familiar Architecture ; confiding of original Deligns of 
 Houfes for Gentlemen and Tradesmen, Parfonages 
 and Summer Retreats ; with Back-Fronts, Sections, 
 &c. together with Banqueting-Rooms, and Churches. 
 To which is added, the Mafonry of the Semicircular 
 and Elliptical Arches, with practical Remarks. By 
 the late Thomas Rawlins , Architect. On fifty-one plates, 
 royal quarto, ll. is. 
 
 Crunden s Convenient and Ornamental Architecture ; confid¬ 
 ing of original defigns for plans, elevations* and fec~ 
 tions, beginning with the farm-houfe, and regularly 
 afeending to the mod grand and magnificent villa \ 
 calculated both for town and country, and to fuit all 
 perfons in every ftation of life; with a reference and 
 explanation in letter-prefs, of the ufe of every room- 
 in each leparate building, and the dimenfions accurately 
 figured on the plans, with exadt feales for the mea- 
 furement; elegantly engraved onfeventy copper-plates^ 
 bound* 16s. 
 
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 A Series of Plans, for Cottages or Habitations of the Labourer , 
 either in Hufbandry, or the Mechanic Arts, adapted 
 as well to Towns, as to the Country. To which is 
 added, an Introduction, containing many ufeful Obfer-. 
 vations on this Clafs of Building, tending to the Com¬ 
 fort of the Poor, and Advantage of the Builder—with 
 Calculations of Expences. By the late Mr. J. Wood , 
 of Bath, Architect. A new Edition, with 30 Plates, 
 large quarto, 15s. in boards. 
 
 The Country Gentleman s Architect , in a great variety of 
 new defigns for cottages, farm-houfes, country-houfes, 
 villas, lodges for park or garden entrances, and orna¬ 
 mental wooden gates; with plans of the offices belong¬ 
 ing to each defign ; diftributed with a ftridt attention to 
 convenience, elegance, and economy. Engraved on 
 thirty-two quarto plates, from defigns drawn by J . Mil¬ 
 ler, Architect, fewed, 10s. 6d. 
 
 Vitruvius Britannlcus , 3 v ols. half bound, 61 . 6s. 
 
 The Continuation to Ditto, 2 vols. 
 
 Chambers's ( Sir William) Treatife on the Decorative Parts, 
 of Civil Architecture, 3d edit, half bound, 3I. 10s. 
 
 Chambers's (Sir William) Buildings and Views of Kew 
 Gardens, half bound, 2I. 8s. 
 
 —-—--Defigns for Chinefe Buildings, &c. 
 
 Inigo Jones's Defigns , by Kent, 2 vols. folio. 
 
 Lewis's Defigns in Architecture, half bound. 
 
 Pains Plans, Elevations , &c. of Noblemen’s Seats, See. fo¬ 
 lio, 2 vols. half-bound, 61 . 16s. 6d. 
 
 Plans and Elevations of Holkham-Hall in Norfolk, on 5 
 plates, 2s. 
 
 Ruins of Athens, by Stuart, 2 vols. of Balbec, Palmyra^ 
 Poeftum, Ionia, de la Grece, par le Roy, Sc. Sc. 
 
 Richardfon on the Five Orders , folio, boards, il. 1 is. 6d. 
 
 ---- Plans,Elevations,Sc. folio, 3I 13s.6d.half bound. 
 
 Nutfiells', Plans for Houfes , odtavo, boards, 5s. 
 
 Newton's Tranfation of Vitruvius , 2 vols. folio. 
 
 A Treatife on Theatres, including fome Experiments on 
 Sound , by G . Saunders, quarto, boards, 10s. 6d. 
 
 Perronet fur les Ponts, 2 tom. 
 
 Behdor l'Architecture Hydraulic, 4 tom. quarto. 
 
 Nouveile Arch. Hydraulique par de Prony , tome premier , 
 quarto. Piranef's Works, complete, 20 vols. large 
 folio. 7 
 
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 Millionaire t?Architecture^ Civile , Militmre et Navate JfiT 
 Roland, 3 com. quarto, with 100 plates, 2I. T2S. 6d. 
 
 Dr. Brook Taylor's Metho 1 of Perjpeftivc made eafy , both in 
 Theory and Practice $ in two Hooks ; being an attempt 
 to make the Art of Peri'pedtive eafy and familiar, t<* 
 adapt it entirely to the Arts of Defign, and to make it 
 an entertaining Study to any Genthman who fhall chooie 
 fo polite an amufement. By JoJhua Kirby , Defigner 
 in Perfpedtive to his Majefty, and Fellow of the Royal 
 and Antiquarian Societies. Illuftrated with thirty-five 
 copper plates, correctly engraved under the Author's in- 
 fpedtion. The third edition, with feverai Addition^ and 
 Improvements. Elegantly printed on imperial paper, 
 half bound, il. 10s. 
 
 The fame Work in two Volumes quarto, fewed, il is. 
 
 The PerfpeCtive of Architecture, a work entirely new: de¬ 
 duced from the principles of Dr. Brook Taylor, and 
 performed by two rules of univerfal application : illuf- 
 trated with feventy-three plates. Begun by command 
 of his prefent Majefty when Prince of Wales. By 
 JoJhua Kirby elegantly printed on imperiul paper, 
 il. 16s. half bound. 
 
 The DeJ'cription andlJfe of a new Inftrument called the Ar¬ 
 chitectonic SeClor, by which any part of architecture may 
 be drawn with facility and exadtnefs. By JoJhua Kirby. 
 Illuftrated with twenty-five plates. Elegantly printed 
 on imperial paper, half bound, il. is. 
 
 The two Frontifpieces, by Hogarth, to Kirby’s Perfpedtive, 
 may be had feparate, each 5s. 
 
 The Carpenter s New Guide , being a complete Book of 
 Lines for Carpentry and Joinery, treating fully on 
 Practical Geometry,Soffits, Lines for Roofs and Domes, 
 with a great variety of Defigns for Roofs, Truffied 
 Girders, Floors, Domes, Bridges, &c. btair-Cafes and 
 Hand-Rails of various conftrudtions. Angle-Bars for 
 Shop Fronts, de l’iiaiking Mouldings, with many other 
 things entirely new .* the whole founded on true Geo¬ 
 metrical Principles ; the Theory and Practice well ex¬ 
 plained and fully exemplified on 78 copper-plates, includ¬ 
 ing practical obfervations and calculations on theftreno-fh 
 of Timber, by P. Nicboljon , bound, 12s, 
 
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 The Carpenter's and Joiner’s Repofitory\ or, a new Syftei^ 
 of Lines and Proportions for Doors, Windows, Chim¬ 
 neys, Cornices, and Mouldings, forfinifhing of Room^, 
 he. he. A great variety of Stair-Cafes, on a plan 
 entirely new, and eafy to be underffood. Circular 
 circular Soffits, ffewing and winding in ffraight and 
 circular Walls, Groins, Angle Brackets, circular and 
 elliptical Sky-Lights, and the method of fquaring and 
 repairing their circular Bars, Shop Fronts, he. By 
 W Pain , Joiner. Engraved on fixty-nine folio copper* 
 plates, bounds 16s. 
 
 Pain's Britijh Palladio, Or the Builder's General Pjjijlant ; 
 demo nitrating, in the moft ealy and practical method, 
 all the principal rules of architecture, from the ground 
 plan to the ornamental finifb. llluftrated with feveral 
 new and ufeful deligns of houfes, with their plans-, 
 elevations, and fections. Alfo clear and ample inftruc- 
 tions annexed to each fubjedt in letter-prefs; with a 
 liiL of prices for materials and labour, and labour only. 
 This work will be univerfally ujeful to all carpenters , brick¬ 
 layers , mafons, joiners , plajlercrs , and others , concerned in 
 the feveral branches of building, &c. comprehending the 
 following fubjedls, viz. Plans, elevations, and feo- 
 tions of gentlemen’s houfes. Deiigns for doors, 
 chimneys, and ceilings, with their proper embellifh- 
 ments, in the moft modern tafte. A gieat variety of 
 mouldings, for bafe and furbafe architraves, impofts, 
 friezes, and cornices, with their proper ornaments for 
 practice, drawn to half fize : to which aie added, 
 fcaies for enlarging or lefl'ening at pleafure, if re¬ 
 quired. Alfo, great variety of ftair-cafes ; fhewing the 
 practical method of executing them, in any cafe re¬ 
 quired, viz. groins, angle-brackets., circular circular 
 ilewing and winding foffits, domes, fky-lights, he. all 
 made plain and eafy to the meaneft capacity, l ire 
 proportion of windows for the light to rooms. Pre¬ 
 paring foundations; the proportion of chimneys, to 
 rooms, and fecfHons of flews. The principal timbers 
 properly laid out on each plan, viz. the manner of fra¬ 
 ming the roofs, and finding the length and backing of 
 hips either Iquare or bevel. Scantlings of the timbers, 
 figured in proportion to their bearing. The method of 
 Huffing girders, fcarffng plates, he. and many other 
 
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 articles, particularly ufeful to all peifons in the building 
 profeffion. The whole corredlly engraved on forty- 
 two folio copper-plates, from the original defigds of 
 JVilliam and James Pain , bound, 16s. 
 
 The P radii cal Houfe Carpenter ; or y Youth's Injlruflor : con¬ 
 taining a great Variety of Ufeful Defigns in Carpentry 
 and dir chi tenure ; as Centering for Groins, Niches, 
 be. Examples for Roofs, Sky-Lights, be. The Five 
 Orders laid down by a New Scale. Mouldings, be. 
 at large, with their Enrichments. Plans, Elevation, 
 and Sections of Houfes for Town and Country^ 
 Lodges, Hot Houfes, Green-Houfes, Stables, be. De- 
 fign for a Church, with Plan, Elevation, and two Sec¬ 
 tions; an Altar-Piece, and Pulpit. Defigns for Chim¬ 
 ney-Pieces, Shop-Eronts, Door-Cafes. Sedlion of a 
 Dining-Room and Library. Variety of Stair-Cafes, 
 with many other important Articles and ufeful Embel- 
 lifhments. To which is added, a Lift of Prices'for 
 'Materials and Labour, Labour only, and Day Prices. 
 The whole illuftrated, and made perkily eafy, by 148 
 Copper-Plates, with Explanations to each. By IVilliam 
 P in , Author of the Practical Builder, and Britiik 
 Palladio. The Fourth Edition, with large Addition*., 
 Price 15s. bound. 
 
 N. B. This is PAiN’s laft work. 
 
 The Prafti^al Builder, or Workman’s General Afliflant ; 
 fhevving the moft approved and eafy methods for 
 drawing and working the whole or feparate part of 
 any building ; as, the -ufe of the tramel for groins, 
 angle brackets, niches, be. Semicircular arches oa 
 flewing jambs, the preparing and making their foffits; 
 Rules of carpentry, to find the length and backing of 
 ftraight or curved hips, truffles for roofs, domes, be. 
 Truifingof girders, feftion of floors,' be. The pro¬ 
 portion of the five orders in their general and particu¬ 
 lar parts : gluing of columns; flair-cafes, with their 
 jrampand twifted rails, fixing their carriages, newels, be. 
 Frontilpieces, chimney-pieces, ceilings, cornices, archi- 
 irnves, be. in the neweft tafte; with plans and eleva¬ 
 tions of gentlemen’s and farm houfes, barns, be. By 
 IV. Pam, Architect and Joiner. Engraved on eighty- 
 three quarto plates, bound, i?s. 
 
 A new edition, with improvements by the Author. 
 
The Carpenter’s Pochet Directory ; containing the befl 
 methods of framing timbers of all figures and dimen- 
 flons, with their feveral parts ; as floors, roofs in ledg- 
 ments, their length and backings; trufled roofs, fpires, 
 and domes; trufling girders, partitions, and bridges^ 
 with abutments; centering for arches, vaults, &c. cut¬ 
 ting (lone ceilings, groins, &c. with their moulds : cen¬ 
 tres for drawing Gothic arches, ellipfes, he. With the 
 plan and fe&ions of a barn. Engraved on twenty-four 
 plates, with explanations, forming the mold complete and 
 ufeful work of the kind yet publifhed. By W. Painy 
 Architect and Carpenter, bound, 4s. 
 
 The Builder's Complete Ajfiflant \ or, a Library of Arts and 
 Sciences , ablolutely necefTary to be underftood by 
 Builders and Workmen in general, viz. 1. Arith- 
 metick, vulgar and decimal, in whole numbers and 
 fractions. 2. Geometry, lineal, fuperficial, and folicb 
 3. Architecture, univerfal. 4. Menfuration. 5. 
 Plain trigonometry. 6. Surveying of land, he. 7. 
 Mechanic powers. 8. Hydroftaticks. llluftrated 
 by above thirteen hundred examples of lines, luper- 
 ficies, folids, mouldings, pedeftals, columns, pilaflers, 
 entablatures, pediments, impofts, block cornices, ruftic 
 quoins, frontifpieces, arcades, porticos, he. propor¬ 
 tioned by modules and minutes, according to Andrea 
 Palladio ; and by equal parts. Likewife great varie¬ 
 ties of truffed roofs, timber bridges, centerings, arches, 
 groins, twifted rails, compartments, obelifks, vafes, pe- 
 cleftals for buftos, fun-dials, fonts, he. and methods 
 for raiflng heavy bodies by the force of levers, pulleys, 
 axes in peritrochio, ferews, and wedges ; as alfo water, 
 by the common pump, crane^c. wherein the properties 
 and preffure of the air on water, he. are explained. 
 The whole exemplified by 77 large quarto copper-plates, 
 by Batty Langley. The fourth edition, 2 voL royal oc¬ 
 tavo, bound, 12 s. 
 
 Defigns in Architecture ; confining of plans, elevations, and 
 fe£!ions for temples, baths, caflines, pavilions, garden 
 feats, obelifks, and other buildings; for decorating 
 pleafure-grounds, pat;ks, forefls, he. he. By John 
 Soane. Engraved on thirty-eight copper-plate-?, imperial 
 octavo, fewed, 6s. 
 
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 Grottfque JrchiteClure, or Rural Amufement; confining of 
 plans, elevations, and feSions, for huts, fumrner and 
 winter hermitages, retreats, terminates, Chinefe, Go¬ 
 thic, and natural grottos, cafcades, ruftic feats, hams, 
 mofqucs, morefque pavilions, grotefque feats, green- 
 houfcs, &c. many of which may be executed with 
 tiints, irregular ftones, rude branches and roots of trees * 
 
 " ewdefi S RS > with fcales to each’. 
 By W. It right, Architect. Oaavo, fewed, 4 s. 6d. 
 
 Ideas for RuftU Furniture, proper for Garden Chairs, Sum- 
 mer Houles, Hermitages, Cottages, &c. engraved on 2C 
 plates, oftavo. Price 4 s. 5 
 
 The Temple Builder s moft ufeful Companion: containing ori- 
 f,‘" a ' de £s n * ,n the G I cek » Roman, and Gothic tafte. 
 
 Savo,L?“' SraV£d ° n &&T C0 PP er -P lates » 
 
 TheCa,penter's Tree fur e ■, a colleAlon of defigns for tem- 
 ples W'th their plans ; gates, doors, rails, and bridges, 
 in the Gothic tafte, with centres at large for ftrikino- 
 Gothic curves and mouldings, and fome fpecimens of 
 rails in the Chmefe tafte, forming a complete fyftera 
 for rural decorations. By N. Wal.is, Architea. En¬ 
 graved on fixteen plates, oCtavo, fewed, 2s. 6d. 
 
 Gothic rlrchileflure improved, by rules and proportions in 
 many grand defigns of columns, doors, windows, 
 chimney-pieces, arcades, colonnade?, porticos, umbrel¬ 
 las, temples, pavilions, &c, with plans, elevations and 
 profiles, geometrically exemplified. By E.&T Lan^le'c 
 lo which is added, an Hiftorical Difcourfe on Gothic 
 Architecture. On 6 4 plates, quarto, bound, 15s. 
 
 The Modem Joiner ; or, a Collection of original Defigns, 
 in the prelent tafte, for chimney-pieces and door-cafes, 
 with their mouldings and enrichments at large; frizes 
 tablets, ornaments for pilafters, bales, fub-bafes and 
 cornices for rooms, &c. with a Table, fliewinn- the 
 proportion of chimneys, with the entablatures, to 
 rooms of any fize. By N. Wallis, Architect, quarto, 8s. 
 
 °“* lin . e . S 0f i P efi?ns for Fronts and Door Cafes, with 
 the Mouldings at large, and Enrichments to each De- 
 hgn. Engraved on 2 4 Plates, Quarto, 5s. 
 
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 Ciirrus Civtlis , or Genteel Defigns for coaches, charioHJ 
 poft chaifes, vis-a-vis, road and park phaetons, whifkies, 
 fingle-horfe chaifes, Sic. Engraved on thirty plates, 
 quarto, fevved, 10s. 6d. 
 
 Jin Ejjhy on the ConJlruEtion and Building of Chimneys , in¬ 
 cluding an enquiry into the common caufes of their 
 fmoking, and the moil: effectual remedies for removing 
 fo intolerable a nuifance ; with a Table to proportion 
 chimneys to the fize of the room. Illuflratecl with pro¬ 
 per figures. A new edition. By Robert Clavering , 
 Builder, fevved, 2s. 6’d. 
 
 Obfervations on Smoky Chimneys , their Caufes and Cure,; 
 with Confiderations on Fuel and StoveS/illufirated with 
 proper Figures, by B. Franklin , LL.D. 2s. fevved. 
 
 This Work) 'with Cldvering s E fay ^ may be bad together *, in 
 boards , 4s. 6d„ 
 
 The Manner of fecurihg all Sorts of Buildings from Fire ; a 
 treatife upon the eonftrution of arches made with 
 bricks and plafter, called flat arches ; and of a roof 
 without timber, called a brick roof: with fome letters 
 that pafied between the Count D’Efpie, Peter Wyche, 
 and YVilliam Beckford, Efqrs. on this fubject. Octavo, 
 fewed, 2Si 
 
 The Builder's Rocket Tredfure , in which not only the The¬ 
 ory but the practical Part of Architecture are carefully 
 explained, and correctly engraved on fifty-five Copper¬ 
 plates, with printed Explanations to each, by William 
 Rain . Octavo, bound, 6s. 
 
 Langley s Builder's Director, dr Bench Mate ; being a 
 pocket treafury of the Grecian, Roman, and Gothic 
 orders of architecture, made eafy to the mean eft capaci¬ 
 ty, by near 500 examples, engraved on 184 copper¬ 
 plates, i2mo. bound, 4s. 
 
 Langley s Builder s Jewel , bound, 4s. 6d. 
 
 Hawney's Complete Meafurer , 3s. 
 
 Hoppus's Meafurer. Tables ready caff, 2s. 6d. 
 
 Plate Glafs Book , 4s. 
 
 Every Man a Complete Builder ; or eafy Rules and Propor¬ 
 tions for drawing and working the feveral parts of archB 
 tecture. in which are given a plan, elevation, and fec- 
 tion of the curious truffed carpenter’s work, erected to 
 
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 fupport the centre arch of Black-Friars Bridge, fron| 
 an exa£f meafurement. Compiled by Edward Oakley. 
 Octavo, fewed. 4s. 6d. 
 
 Joiner and Cabinet Makers Darling ; containing fixty 
 different deligns for all forts of frets, frizes, &c. 
 fewed, 3s. 
 
 The Carpenter s Companion ; containing thirty-three defigns 
 for all forts of Chinefe railing and gates. Octavo, 
 fewed, 2s, 
 
 ¥he Carpenter’s Complete Guide to the whole Syftem of Go¬ 
 thic Railing ; containing thirty-two new defigns, with 
 fcales to each. O&avo, fewed, 2s. 
 
 The Carpenter s and Joiner’s Vade Ale cum. By Robert Cla- 
 Bering and Company, fewed, 2s. 
 
 A Geometrical View of the Five Orders of Columns in Archi¬ 
 tecture ^ adjufted by aliquot parts; whereby the meaneft 
 capacity, by infpe£iion, may delineate and work an en¬ 
 tire order, or any part, of any magnitude required. On 
 a large flieet, is. 
 
 Elevation of the New Bridge at Black-Friars , with plan of 
 the foundation and fuperflxudture. By R. Baldwin y 12 
 inches by 48 inches, 5s. 
 
 Flans, Elevations, and Sections of the Machines and Centering 
 ufed in erecting Black-Friars Bridge; drawn and en¬ 
 graved by R, Baldwin, clerk of the work; on feven 
 large plates, with explanations in French and Englifh. 
 10s. 6d, or with the elevation, 15s. 
 
 Elevation of the Stone Bridge built over the Severn at 
 Shrewjbury ; with plan of the foundation and fuperftruc- 
 ture, elegantly engraved by Rooker , is. 6d. 
 
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