A Parallel of the Ancient Architecture With the Modern, in a Collection of ten Principal Authors who Have Written Upon the Five Orders The Fourth Edition

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<sourceLibrary>British Library

<ESTCID>T117369

<Notes>Translated and edited by Evelyn. Titlepage in red and black. 'An account of architects and architecture' has separate pagination and register. Preface text is continuous despite the pagination.

<imprintFull>London : printed by T. W. for J. Walthoe, D. Midwinter, and A. Ward ; W. Mears, F. Clay, B. Motte, and D. Browne, 1733. <collation>[24],xxiv,xxix-xxxviii,115,[1];[6],53,[3],61-74p. : ill. ; 2°