William Halfpenny (1755)

Rural Architecture in the Chinese Taste, Being Designs Entirely New for the Decoration of Gardens, Parks, Forrests, Insides of Houses, Etcetera. On Sixty Copper Plates with Full Instructions for Workmen, Also a Near Estimate of the Charge and Hints where Proper to be Erected, 1755

Printed ink on paper, 21 x 13 x 3.5 cm (8 1/4 x 5 1/8 x 1 3/8 in.)

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