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The qualifications and duty of a surveyor explained : In a letter to the Right Honourable the Earl of * * * * * *. In which the essential accomplighments are particularly described and considered. Necessary to be perused by all persons concerned in building.

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Main Author:	Morris, Robert, 1701-1754
Corporate Author:	Gale (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Printed for W. Owen near Temple-Bar, 1752.
Subjects:	Architecture > Early works to 1800. Electronic books.
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