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The City and Country Builder's and Workman's Treasury of Designs: or, The Art of Drawing and Working the Ornamental Parts of Architecture : illustrated, by upwards of Four Hundred Grand Designs, for Peirs, Gates, Doors, Windows, Niches, Buffets, Cisterns, Chimney Pieces, Tabernacle Frames, ... Monuments, Fonts, Obelisques ... : finely engraved on 186 large quarto plates; proportioned by aliquot parts : to which are prefix'd the Five Orders of Columns; according to Andrea Palladio ... : the whole interspersed with sure Rules for Working ...; for the immediate Use of Workmen never published before, in any Language / Batty Langley
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Of Chimney Pieces , Pavement j, Altar Pieces , Pulpits , Tombs , &c. 2 l

Plate LXI, LXII, LXIII, LXIV, LXV, LXVI,LXVII, LXVIII, LXIX, LXX, LXXI,LXXII, LXXIII. LXXIV, LXXV, LXXVI,LXXYII, LXXVIII , LXXIX, LXXX ,LXXXI, LXXXII, LXXXIII, LXXXIV,LXXXV , LXXXVI , LXXXVII ,LXXXVIII, LXXXIX, XC, XCI, XCII,XCIII.

Of Chimney Pieces , and their Enrichments,

In these thirty-three Plates, there are sixty-three of the best Designs for Chimney Pieces, andtheir Ornaments, scontaining great Variety ofTabernacle Frames, Shields, Festoons, &c.) thathave been yet published by any one Master inEurope., if not in the whole World.

Plate XCIV, XCV, XCVI, XCVII, XCVIII,

xcix, c, ci, en, cm, civ, cv.

Of Pavements , Frets and Gulochi's.

Twenty-seven Designs of Marble Pavements,for Halls, Baths, &c. the last nine of which, areenvirond with thirty-six Varieties of Frets, Gu-lochis and Borders, which in general may be aswell applied for Borders to Pavements; as toenrich the Planceers of Architraves ; or otherornamental Parts of Architecture, wherein theyare commonly intioduced, and more particular-ly such that may be viewd from a Gallery.

Plate CVI, CVII, CVIII, CIX, CX, CXI.

Of ALTAR PIECES.

Six Altar Pieces, of which the first two, arefor Chappies, and the others for Churches.

Plate CXII, CXIII, CXIV, CXV, CXVI,CXVII.

Of PULPITS.

Six Designs for Pulpits, which in general havetheir Plans, Types and Members represented atlarge ; which the ingenious Workman may per-form with Pleasure.

Plate CXVIII, CXIX, CXX, CXXI, CXXII.

Tables for Monumental Inscriptions.

Twenty-two Designs for Tables of Renown,for perpetuating to Posterity, the Memoirs ofworthy Persons deceased.

Plate CXXIII, CXXIV, CXXV, CXXVI,CXXVII, CXXVIII, CXXIX, CXXX,CXXXI, CXXXII, CXXXIII, CXXXIV,CXXXV, CXXXVI.

Of MONUMENTS.

Twenty-one Designs for Monuments, enrich-ed with Vases, Bass-Relievoes, Bustoes, &c. fromwhich the ingenious Workman may receive suchHints, as to invent others innumerable.

Plate CXXXVII.

Of TOMBS.

Here, for Variety Sake, I have given a Plan,and two Elevations, by whichtis evident, thatthese Kinds of Tombs are nothing more, thanregular Pedestals, crowned with large Tables forInscriptions.

To make these Tombs, truly grand, theyshould be ascended, by three Steps, giving tothe upper Step, a Breadth at least double that ofthe others.

In Plate CXXXII is shewn, how much anObject appears Id's, astis elevated above theEye. Suppose the Object D, whose lower Partis level with the Eye k, be raisd from a to c ;then its real Height c d, will appear to the Eyeat k, to be no higher than fg ; because kg andk a are equal ; and f g is seen under the sameAngle as d c.

To make a Monument, &V. placed on thePoint c, appear of equal Height, with a Monu-ment viewd level with the Eye as D ; draw theLines io k\ $ k, and c k. On the Point kwith any Radius, describe an Arch as xxzz atPleasure. Make the Arch v z, equal to theArch z z, and from k through the upper x,draw the Line k x h e } then the Height e cl^ equal