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The builder's pocket-treasure;, or, Palladio delineated and explained, in such a manner as to render that most excellent author plain and intelligible ... By William Pain. Engraved by Isaac Taylor

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1766.
Call number: 344301
Creator: Pain, William (1730?-1790?)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: (8vo)
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The builder's pocket-treasure;, or, Palladio delineated and explained, in such a manner as to render that most excellent author plain and intelligible ... By William Pain. Engraved by Isaac Taylor

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