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A Treatise on Civil Architecture, In Which The Principles of that Art are laid down, and Illustrated by a great number of plates

Author Sir William Chambers British, born Sweden
Printer John Haberkorn British
1759
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Object Information
  • Title: A Treatise on Civil Architecture, In Which The Principles of that Art are laid down, and Illustrated by a great number of plates
  • Author: Sir William Chambers (British (born Sweden), Göteborg 1723–1796 London)
  • Printer: John Haberkorn (German, active London 1754–67)
  • Published in: London
  • Date: 1759
  • Medium: Illustrations: engraving
  • Dimensions: 22 5/8 × 15 1/16 × 1 9/16 in. (57.5 × 38.2 × 4 cm)
  • Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1952
  • Object Number: 52.519.156
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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