[LANGLEY, Batty. The Builder's Compleat Assistant, or a Library of Arts and Sciences. London: circa 1740.] Plate volume only, 8vo (236 x 140mm.) 70 double-paged engraved plates bound on stubs, 2 plates with later hand-colouring. (Lacking preliminary leaves and 7 plates, plate 1 with excised section, several with tears along the fold, browning, some chipping to margins.) Contemporary calf, red morocco lettering piece to the spine (rubbed, soiling, upper cover loosening). Note: ownership inscription dated 1784. Provenance: Thomas Ellenden (name inscribed to initial blank and verso plate 2); the property of Donald Church.