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[Twenty new designs of Chinese lattice and other works, for stair-cases, gates, palings, hatches, &c. on six folio copperplates, with full instructions annex'd to the several divisions, scantlings, &c. thereby making the whole easy to workmen of every cap
Title: [Twenty new designs of Chinese lattice and other works, for stair-cases, gates, palings, hatches, &c. on six folio copperplates, with full instructions annex'd to the several divisions, scantlings, &c. thereby making the whole easy to workmen of every cap
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