The City and Country Builder's Treasury of Designs
A published prospectus for a lavish book on architecture and ornamentation. It promises 200 copper plates, designs for arches stairs gates windows and panelling, including Palladian orders, pediments medallions and rafters with practical rules for workmen. Printed for Harding Birt and Dod in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Palladio
Harding
St. Martin’s Lane
Birt
B. Dod
Boin Avemary-Lane
Revolt in Constantinople and Corsican Affairs Reach New Favours
Supplemental letter from Constantinople reports a palace revolt with the Sultan fleeing the Seraglio and appointing the Grand Vizir before the Janissaries. News from Corsica notes rising malecontents aided by Austrian and Piedmontese troops and a looming siege of Bastia. Additional items cover naval movements, peace talks at Aix-la-Chapelle, and stock market and commodity prices in London and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Seraglio
Aga
Venice
Leghorn
Corsica
Baffia
Nonza
Genta
Bastia
Qth
Padulella
Nice
Admiral Byng
Wade
Port-Mahon
London
Marshal Belleisle
Dantzick
Poland
C. de Salle
Vienna
Aix-la-Chapelle
Hanover
Flanders
England
M. Wolfenstiernia
Guy Dickens
Aix la Chapelle
Brussels
Louvain
Antwerp
Ghent
Bergen-op-Zoom
Douay
Maestricht
Namur
Saxe
Compiegne
Ruremonde
Luxembourg
Banat
Temeswar
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Samuel Clarke
St. James’s
Westminster
J. and
P. Knapton
Ludgate-street
Boyle
Ottava
Price
Geoffrey Chaucer
Chnurry
Christ Church, Oxon
Autho
Chaucer
Nature
Mr. Dryden
N.B
Royal Paper
C. Davis
Grays-Inn
Holborn
L. Davis
Lord Bacon
Twentumens
Horace
J. Davidson
Cheapside
Rapin
Tindal
Holland
John Barnard
Bartholomew-Funir
Edward Boscawen
Truro
Cornwall
Kenwyn
Theilchester
Bombay
East-India Company
Morgan
Lifton
Philadelphia
Hispaniola
Cripplegate
Compter
Pilgrim
New York
Albany
Niagara
Canada
Deal
N.N. FE
Majjesty
Sutherland
Schetter
Todd
East India
Boulton
Stamper
Portmahon
Bear-Key
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
India
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