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003 $ UK-LoRAA
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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 1791.]
245 1 2 $a A Treatise On The Decorative Part Of Civil Architecture. Illustrated By Fifty Original, and Three Additional Plates, Engraved by Old Rooker, Old Fourdrinier, Charles Grignion, and other eminent Hands. - By Sir William Chambers, K. P. S. Surveyor General of His Majesty's Works; Treasurer, and Member of the Royal Academy of Arts in London; also of those of Paris, and Florence. FRS. FAS. FSSS. - The Third Edition, considerably augmented.
246 3 8 $a Chambers's Civil Architect.
260 # # $a London; $b Printed By Joseph Smeeton, In St. Martin's Lane, Charing Cross. Sold By T. Cadell, Bookseller and Printer to the Royal Academy, Strand; I. and J. Taylor, Holborn; J. Walter, Charing Cross; R. Robson, New Bond Street; and R. Sayer, Fleet Street. $c M.DCC.XCI. $c [1791]
300 # # $a [6], 137, [1] p., [53] pl.; $c 541 mm. (Folio.)
505 0 # $a [T.p., dedic.] - Contents - Preface - [Text, with 34 plates] - Directions to the Binder - [19 plates].
508 # # $a Fifty plates are signed by the designer W. Chambers (41 pl.), or draughtsmen I. Gandon (8 pl.), J.B. Chipriani (1 pl.). Fifty-one plates are signed by the engravers F. Patton (16 pl.), P. Fourdrinier (12 pl.), E. Rooker (7 pl.), P. Mazel (5 pl.), C. Grignion (4 pl.), T. Miller (4 pl.), I. Fougeron (1 pl.) and Bigby (i.e. P. Begbie?) (2 pl.).

This edition is dedicated by William Chambers to the King (George III).
510 4 # $a ESTC $c T174022
510 4 # $a Royal Institute of British Architects, British Architectural Library ... Early printed books, 1 (1994), 600.
510 4 # $a E. Harris and N. Savage, British Architectural Books (1990), 125.
510 4 # $a J. Archer, Literature of British domestic architecture (1985), 40.3.
510 3 # $a Sir William Chambers archiect to George III, ed. J. Harris and M. Snodin (1996).
533 # # $n A microfilm version was published in 2004 (Woodbridge, Conn.: Primary Source Microfilm [imprint of Gale Group]).
561 # # $a According to the RAA Library Catalogue of 1802 a copy was acquired by the Academy before 1802; but the present copy in the Academy's Library was presented by Sir Edwin Cooper in 1961.
562 # # $a Imperfect; lacking third preliminary leaf ('Contents').
563 # # $a 20th-century half calf, marbled-paper boards; red morocco spine-label, lettered, 'Chambers's Civil Architect.', and gilt-stamped 'R. A.'.
653 # # $a Architecture - Theory
653 # # $a Architecture, British - Great Britain - 18th century
655 # 4 $a Treatises - Manuals - Great Britain - 18th century
655 # 4 $a Pictorial works - Great Britain - 18th century
700 1 # $a Chambers, William $e draughtsman
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 Bigby $e engraver
700 1 # $a Begbie, Patrick $e engraver
700 0 # $a George III $e dedicatee
700 1 # $a Smeeton, Joseph $e printer
700 1 # $a Cadell, Thomas $e bookseller
700 1 # $a Taylor, I. $e bookseller
700 1 # $a Taylor, Josiah $e bookseller
700 1 # $a Walter, John $e bookseller
700 1 # $a Robson, R. $e bookseller
700 1 # $a Sayer, Robert $e bookseller
710 2 # $a Royal Academy of Arts (London) $b Treasurer (1768-1796: Chambers)
852 8 # $d 1802: 18-0-23; 1821: 13-0-31.