A collection of the most approved examples of doorways, from ancient buildings in Greece and Italy, expressly measured and delineated for this work, preceded by an essay on the usages of the ancients respecting doorways; a new translation of the chapter of Vitruvius on the subject, with the original text taken from an ancient and valuable m.s. in the British museum; and copious descriptions of the plates: by Thomas Leverton Donaldson, architect ...
Published / Created:
London, Bossange, Barthès and Lowell [etc] 1833.
Physical Description:
viii, [3]-47, [2] p. illus., pl. and atlas of 25 pl. 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Plates by Emile Edmond Ollivier; after Thomas Leverton Donaldson.