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Edward Rooker

(Rooker, Edward, -1774)

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Rooker, Edward, -1774: An essay on design : including proposals for erecting a public academy to be supported by voluntary subscription (till a royal foundation can be obtain'd) for educating the British youth in drawing, and the several arts depending thereon. (And sold by Ino. Brindley, bookseller to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales in New Bond Street, S. Harding on ye. pavemt. in St. Martin's Lane & M. Payne at the White Hart in Pater-Noster Row, 1749), also by John Gwynn, M. Payne, Samuel Harding, John Brindley, Jacob Bonneau, Charles Grignion, and Samuel Wale (page images at HathiTrust)
Rooker, Edward, -1774: The gardeners dictionary : containing the methods of cultivating and improving all sorts of trees, plants, and flowers, for the kitchen, fruit, and pleasure gardens, as also those which are used in medicine : with directions for the culture of vineyards, and making of wine in England : in which likewsie are included the practical parts of husbandry (Printed for the author and sold by John and James Rivington at the Bible and Crown in St. Paul's church-yard, 1754), also by Philip Miller and John and James Rivington (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust)
Rooker, Edward, -1774: The plans, elevations and sections, of Holkham in Norfolk, the seat of the late Earl of Leicester : to which are added, the cielings and chimney-pieces : and also a descriptive account of the statues, pictures, and drawings : not in the former edition (Printed by T. Spilsbury ..., and sold by B. White ..., and S. Leacroft ..., 1773), also by Matthew Brettingham, Richard Boyle Burlington, William Kent, Antoine Babuty Desgodets, Inigo Jones, Anthony Walker, Tobias Müller, S. Leacroft, Benjamin White, Thomas Spilsbury, and Robert Furze Brettingham (page images at HathiTrust)
Rooker, Edward, -1774: A treatise on the decorative part of civil architecture : illustrated by fifty original, and three additional plates, engraved by old Rooker, old Foudrinier, Charles Grignion, and other eminent hands (Printed by Joseph Smeeton ... :, 1791), also by William Chambers, Joseph Smeeton, Charles Grignion, and Paul Foudrinier (page images at HathiTrust)

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