OVERTON, Thomas Collins (fl.1766). The Temple Builder's most useful Companion, being fifty entire new Designs for Pleasure and Recreation ... in the Greek, Roman, and Gothic Taste. London: for Henry Webley, 1766. Engraved frontispiece by R. Pranker after S. Wale, 50 engraved plates by Pranker after Overton, one folding.
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OVERTON, Thomas Collins (fl.1766). The Temple Builder's most useful Companion, being fifty entire new Designs for Pleasure and Recreation ... in the Greek, Roman, and Gothic Taste. London: for Henry Webley, 1766. Engraved frontispiece by R. Pranker after S. Wale, 50 engraved plates by Pranker after Overton, one folding.

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OVERTON, Thomas Collins (fl.1766). The Temple Builder's most useful Companion, being fifty entire new Designs for Pleasure and Recreation ... in the Greek, Roman, and Gothic Taste. London: for Henry Webley, 1766. Engraved frontispiece by R. Pranker after S. Wale, 50 engraved plates by Pranker after Overton, one folding.

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William WRIGHTE. Grotesque Architecture, or, Rural Amusement. London: for Henry Webley, 1767. Engraved frontispiece by Isaac Taylor after A. Thornthwaite, 28 engraved plates. The 2 works bound in one volume, 8° (226 x 140mm). (Some leaves slightly browned.) Contemporary calf (hinges cracked). FIRST EDITIONS. Harris 609; 952; Berlin Kat. 2292; 3420.