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181:, an extensive gazetteer in which the parishes and towns, and the principal landowners, seats, advowsons, antiquities and industries of the two counties of West and East Suffolk were described, the text counterpart of John Kirby's County Map published in 1736. In 1739, Joshua married Sarah Bull, and his children Sarah (afterwards Mrs.
204:(who was developing materials for an extensive History of Suffolk) he prepared illustrations of ancient buildings and monuments in the county. From these Kirby published a set of twelve engraved by J. Ford in 1748, dedicating each to individual patrons, with a descriptive pamphlet. Kirby also prepared illustrations for the
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Perspective Views Of The Gardens And Buildings At Kew in Surry, The Seat of Her Royal Highness The Princess Dowager of Wales. By William Chambers, member Of the Imperial Academy of Arts at Florence, and of the Royal Academy of Architecture at Paris, Architect To the
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Dr. Brook Taylor's Method Of
Perspective Made Easy; Both in Theory and Practice: In Two Books. Being An Attempt to make the Art of Perspective easy and familiar; To adapt it entirely to the Arts of Design; And To make it an Entertaining Study to any Gentleman who shall chuse so polite an Amusement.
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A New Map of the County of
Suffolk: Taken from the Original Map published by Mr John Kirby in 1736. Who took an Actual and Accurate Survey of the Whole County; Now republish'd (with Corrections, & Additions) by Joshua and William Kirby, sons of the Author, 1766; And Engrav'd by Jno.
265:), whom he instructed in linear perspective. The Prince thought so highly of him that he instructed Kirby to produce architectural illustrations, and with his liberal support in 1761 Kirby published them (including one by the Prince himself) in his masterly new two-volume work,
224:, where he lectured on perspective. By 1754, he had already received so much encouragement from distinguished artists that his first edition was over-subscribed, and, with 50 copper plates, a second issue was made the following year, price (to Subscribers) one guinea. Hogarth's
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Perspective of Architecture. A Work Entirely New; Deduced From The Principles of Dr. Brook Taylor; And Performed by Two Rules only of Universal Application. Begun By Command of His Present Majesty, When Prince of Wales. By Joshua Kirby, Designer in Perspective to His
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By Joshua Kirby, Designer In
Perspective To Their Majesties. And Fellow of the Royal and Antiquarian Societies. Illustrated With Many Copper-Plates, Correctly Engraved under the Author's Inspection. The Third Edition, with several Additions and Improvements.
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Suffolk Traveller. By John Kirby, of Wickham-Market, Who took an actual survey of the whole County in the Years 1732, 1733, and 1734. The Second Edition, With large Additions and Amendments. Now Published by Joshua Kirby, and William Kirby, Sons of the
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