A Treatise of the Five Orders of Columns in Architecture, To Which is Annex'd, a Discourse Concerning Pilasters: And of Several Abuses Introduc'd Into

By Claude Perrault

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Harvard University Houghton Library

N013971

The titlepage is engraved. With an engraved dedication leaf. Plate I is included in the pagination.

London: printed for John Senex, Willm. Taylor, Willm. and John Innys, and John Osborn, [1722?]. [8], xxi, [1],131, [1], xiip., VI[i.e.5] plates: ill.; 2

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1385753765
• ISBN13: 9781385753767
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"