[New Designs for Chinese Temples, triumphal arches, garden seats, palings &c., on ... copper plates]
By: [By William Halfpenny]. Part 1 (of 4-part work; parts 2-4 'by Will and John Halfpenny'); ESTC cites both a two and a four-part work, dated 1750/51 and 1750/52 respectively, both octavo.
Contributors: Parr, Remigius, b. 1723.; Parr, Nathaniel, fl. 1742-1751.
Publisher: [R. Sayer]
Published: 1750
Place of publication: [London]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 15
Other titles: Of Rural Buildings in the Chinese Taste ...
Notes: Title supplied by ESTC and DNB; imprint by B.L. and NUC; STC and DNB state William Halfpenny to be the alias of Michael Hoare who flourished in 1752; the engraver, 'Parr' may be Remi or Remigius of that name, copper engraver and architect, born in Rochester in 1723, and still living in 1750; Nathaniel Parr was also active in London from 1742 to 1751, but is not described as an architect; Benezit has note: 'Ses travaux sont difficiles à differencier de ceux de son parent Remigius, comme lui graveur à Londres'.

Plates 7, 9, 11, 12 and 14 are signed: 'Parr Sc.'.

ESTC253H5.
Table of contents: title: Contains, after 'The Preface' (2p.): list of plates in Part 1 (6p.); plates (14 leaves, Percy copy wanting number 8 and the first, which forms the title preceding the 'Preface').