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Toms, W. H. (William Henry), ca. 1700-ca. 1750
Devoto, John, fl. 1719-1752
Title
The builder's dictionary, or, Gentleman and architect's companion : explaining not only the terms of art in all the several parts of architecture, but also containing the theory and practice of the various branches thereof ... : also necessary problems in arithmetic, geometry, mechanics, perspective, hydraulics, and other mathematical sciences : together with the quantities proportions, and prices of all kinds of materials used in building ...
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Volume 2
Publisher
London : Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch ..., and S. Austen ...
Description
Frontispiece in vol. 1 by William Henry Toms after John Devoto; illustrated with etched plates
Bound in old sprinkled calf; gilt spines with brown gilt leather labels; sprinkled edges; bookplates of Thomas Wyndham, J.G. Batterson, and Mary Batterson Beach on front pastedowns

Subjects: Architecture; Building
Language English
Publication date 1734
publication_date QS:P577,+1734-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Current location
IA Collections: getty; americana
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buildersdictiona02toms
Notes No page numbers. No table of contents. Foxing. Narrow margins. Gutter included to avoid cropping text. Some text is impossible to capture.
Authority file  OCLC: 1041591263
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Internet Archive identifier: buildersdictiona02toms
https://archive.org/download/buildersdictiona02toms/buildersdictiona02toms.pdf

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