Halfpenny: The country gentleman’s pocket companion, and builder’s assistant, for rural decorative architecture

William Halfpenny: The country gentleman’s pocket companion, and builder’s assistant, for rural decorative architecture : containing, thirty-two new designs, plans and elevations of alcoves, floats, temples, summer-houses, lodges, huts, grotto’s, &c. in the Augustine, Gothick and Chinese taste, with proper directions annexed : also the exact estimate of their several amounts, which are from twenty-five to one hundred pounds, and most of them portable : correctly engraved on twenty-five copper plates (London: Printed for, and sold by Robert Sayer 1753)

The small volume provides illustrations and descriptions for (among others) Chinese-style Garden pavillons/buildings

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