A Book of Ceilings, Composed in the Style of the Antique Grotesque: Designed and Etched by George Richardson, Architect. = Livre de Plat-Fonds, Compos - Paperback

by George Richardson (Author)

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British Library

T090834

With a list of subscribers and an engraved dedication leaf. Parallel English and French texts. Titlepage in English and French with imprint taken from English part. French imprint reads: A Londres; et publies au depens de l'auteur. Plates duplicated b

London: printed for the author, 1776. 8], ii, ii,11, 1]p., plates; 1