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The Temple Builder's Most Useful Companion being Fifty Entire New Original Designs for Pleasure and Recreation; Consisting of Plans, Elevations, and Sections, in the Greek, Roman and Gothic Taste

published 1766

Thomas Collins Overton (author)

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Thomas Collins Overton

Author, British, born 1734 - active 1760s

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