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L[ANGLEY], B[atty] (1696-1751). The City and Country Builder's and Workman's Treasury of Designs: or the Art of Drawing and Working the Ornamental Parts of Architecture, London: S. Harding, 1745. 4° (289 x 225mm). 200 engraved plates by Thomas Langley after the author. (Short tear with no loss in title, same page a little soiled, a few unimportant spots and stains.) Contemporary sprinkled calf gilt (very rubbed, upper hinge worn). Provenance: John Clevland (c.1707-1763, book-label) -- by descent to the present owners.
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