An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842 - 1089 Seiten |
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... Architecture . This , though in many respects an useful work , is far behind the wants of the present day . It is confined exclusively to Roman and Italian architecture ; but it does not embrace the history even of these branches , nor ...
... Architecture . This , though in many respects an useful work , is far behind the wants of the present day . It is confined exclusively to Roman and Italian architecture ; but it does not embrace the history even of these branches , nor ...
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... architecture , but shall , under that head , enlarge further on the subject . SECT . III . DIFFERENT SORTS OF ... ARCHITECTURE . 3 Churches 16 Theatres Different Sorts of Dwellings arising from different.
... architecture , but shall , under that head , enlarge further on the subject . SECT . III . DIFFERENT SORTS OF ... ARCHITECTURE . 3 Churches 16 Theatres Different Sorts of Dwellings arising from different.
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... architectural work ; but we should have considered our notice of the earlier monuments of antiquity incomplete without naming the cairn . 25. ( 5. ) Logan or Rocking Stones . These were large blocks poised so nicely on the points of ...
... architectural work ; but we should have considered our notice of the earlier monuments of antiquity incomplete without naming the cairn . 25. ( 5. ) Logan or Rocking Stones . These were large blocks poised so nicely on the points of ...
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