File:Plate 55 The Elevation of a Chinese Gazebo.png

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English: First ever illustration of a gazebo, first use of the word also. Book describes it as "Plate LV, The Elevation of a Chinese Tower or Gazebo, situated on a rock, and raised to a considerable Height, and a Gallery round it to render the Prospect more compleat (sic). and the plate itself is titled "The Elevation of a Chinese Gazebo"

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IAlbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PT23&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=3#v=onepage&q=gazebo&f=false

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https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IAlbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PT23&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=3#v=onepage&q=plate%20lv&f=false

book published in 1755, full title:

Rural Architecture in the Chinese Taste: Being Designs Entirely New for the Decoration of Gardens, Parks, Forrests, Insides of Houses, & C., on Sixty Copper Plates, with Full Instructions for Workmen ; Also a Near Estimate of the Charge, and Hints where Proper to be Erected (Google eBook)
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Source Rural Architecture in the Chinese Taste
Author William Halfpenny, John Halfpenny

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