LANGLEY (BATTY) The London Prices of Bricklayers Materials and Works, Both of New Buildings and Repairs, Justly Ascertained... 1748
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LANGLEY (BATTY)
The London Prices of Bricklayers Materials and Works, Both of New Buildings and Repairs, Justly Ascertained... with a Great Variety of Designs for Plain and Rusticated Piers, for Gates, Piazzas, &c., reissue with cancel title, with 32 engraved plates, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving most of original gilt spine [Harris 457; Goldsmiths 8330], 8vo, Archimedes Langley, 1748
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  • Scarce edition of Langley's treatise on the pricing and costing of building works, written "particularly for such landlords and tenants who are subject to the repairs of buildings".

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