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041 0 # $a eng
044 # # $a uk
100 1 # $a Chambers, William
240 1 1 $a [Treatise on civil architecture. $f 1759.]
245 1 2 $a A Treatise On Civil Architecture, In Which The Principles of that Art are laid down, and Illustrated by a great Number of Plates, Accurately Designed, and Elegantly Engraved by the best Hands. By William Chambers, Member of the Imperial Academy of Arts in Florence, and Architect toTheir Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and Princess Dowager of Wales. -
260 # # $a London, $b Printed for the Author, by J. Haberkorn. To be had at the Author's House in Poland-Street, near Broad-Street, Soho; likewise of A. Millar, J. Nourse, Wilson and Durham, all in the Strand, T. Osborne in Gray's-Inn, J. and R. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, R. Sayer in Fleet-Street, Piers and Webley near Chancery-Lane, Holborn, and J. Gretton, in Old-Bond-Street. $c M DCC LIX. $c [1759]
300 # # $a [6], iv, 85, [1] p., [50] pl.; $c 552 mm. (Broadsheet.)
505 0 # $a [T.p., dedic.] - Subscribers - Preface - [Text and pl. [1-34]] - Directions to the Binder; Errata - [Plates [35-50]].
508 # # $a Plate [8] is unsigned; plate [43] is signed by engraver only. Most plates are signed as drawn by W. Chambers, eight by J. Gandon, one by J.B. Cipriani; and as engraved by P. Mazell, P. Fourdrinier, F. Patton, E. Rooker, C. Grignion, T. Miller or J. Fougeron. The woodcut tailpiece is signed by 'F.H.'

The work is dedicated by William Chambers to John, Earl of Bute.
510 4 # $a ESTC $c T51636
510 4 # $a National Gallery of Art (Washington), Mark J. Millard Architectural, 2 (1998), no. 13, p.71-6.
510 4 # $a Royal Institute of British Architects, British Architectural Library ... Early printed books, 1 (1994), no. 598, p.343-4
510 4 # $a E. Harris and N. Savage, British Architectural Books (1990), no. 122, p.156-161
510 3 # $a J. Archer, Literature of British domestic architecture (1985), 40.1.
510 4 # $a Johns Hopkins University, The Fowler Architectural Collection (1961, repr. 1991), no. 86, p.70-1.
510 3 # $a M. Snodin and J. Harris, Sir William Chambers (1996).
533 # # $n An online reproduction was made in 2003 (Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale). A microfilm version was made in 1986 (Woodbridge: CT Research Publications Inc.).
563 # # $a 19th-century half brown morocco, brown cloth-covered boards; spine lettered 'Civil Architecture Chambers', 'R.A.' and '1759'.
653 # # $a Architecture - Theory
653 # # $a Architecture, British - Great Britain - History - 18th century
655 # 4 $a Manuals - Treatises - Great Britain - 18th century
655 # 4 $a Pictorial works - Great Britain - 18th century
700 1 # $a Bute, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of $e dedicatee
700 1 # $a Chambers, William $e draughtsman $e publisher
700 1 # $a Gandon, James $e draughtsman
700 1 # $a Cipriani, Giovanni Battista $e draughtsman
700 1 # $a Patton, Francis $e engraver
700 1 # $a Fourdrinier, Paul $e engraver
700 1 # $a Rooker, Edward $e engraver
700 1 # $a Mazell, Peter $e engraver
700 1 # $a Grignion, Charles $e engraver
700 1 # $a Miller, Tobias $e engraver
700 1 # $a Fougeron, Ignace $e engraver
700 1 # $a H., F. $d $e engraver
700 1 # $a Haberkorn $e printer
700 1 # $a Millar $e bookseller
700 1 # $a Nourse $e bookseller
700 1 # $a Durham $e bookseller
700 1 # $a Osborne $e bookseller
700 1 # $a Dodsley $e bookseller
700 1 # $a Dodsley $e bookseller
700 1 # $a Sayer $e bookseller
700 1 # $a Webley $e bookseller
700 1 # $a Gretton $e bookseller
700 1 # $a Wilson $e bookseller
700 1 # $a Piers $e bookseller