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041 0 # $a eng $b uk
245 1 0 $a Rudiments of ancient architecture : $b containing an historical account of the five orders, with their proportions, and examples of each from antiques; also extracts from Vitruvius, Pliny, &c. relative to the buildings of the ancients. Calculated for the use of those who wish to attain a summary knowledge of the science of architecture. With a dictionary of terms. Illustrated with eleven plates.
250 # # $a The second edition, much enlarged.
260 # # $a London $b Printed for I. and J. Taylor $c MDCCXCIV $c [1794]
300 # # $a xvi, 117, [3] p., [11] leaves of plates: $b illus.; $c 242 mm.
500 # # $a The etched vignette on the title-page by James Basire is an oval portrait of James Stuart sketching. Advertisements on the final leaf. The eleven steel-engraved plates are numbered: [1] - the frontispiece, 2-4, 4*, 5-10.
510 0 # $a ESTC $c t046905
510 0 # $a Royal Institute of British Architects, Early printed books, 3 (1999), no. 2871.
561 # # $a The front pastedown carries an armorial bookplate with the name 'William Anthony Glynn', and above the bookplate the owner's signature in black ink, ' W A Glynn'.

On recto of front flyleaf is the signature in blue ink, 'Diana Burgess'.
563 # # $a Quarter brown leather binding with marbled boards; black leather label on spine lettered in gilt, 'Essays / On / Architecture'.

Also bound in this volume, Essays on Gothic architecture. - London: Printed for J. Taylor, 1802. (See 18/500)
653 # # $a Architecture, Greek - Architecture, Roman - Architecture Orders - Architecture, Greek ; Early works to 1800 - Architecture, Roman ; Early works to 1800 - Architecture Orders ; Early works to 1800 - Architecture ; Dictionaries ; Early works to 1800
700 1 # $a Basire, James $e engraver
710 2 # $a I. and J. Taylor $e publisher/bookseller