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And fuch Pieces as are here prefimted, the Reader cannot think unfeafimable, being again/i therehuilding of [b great a City aslondon, wherein theking hafvtngjhewn his particularcfare of keeping the in its former Channel, by fixing the exchange,cufiom-houfe,83c. On their Old Foundations 5 and their Laws bafving provided for fuch a lvay of Building as may foyn together what our Author requires to he ohferved by every Undertaker) Accommodation, Handiomnefs, and Lafiingnefs, and prevent that Deformity and Danger which we have formerly been liable to, by Irregular and Slight Buildings, Nar row Streets, Intolerable Encroachments, fetting ii/indows, and what not, that might make it Combujiible. I hope both Old and Tonng do. Rejoyce at the Rebuilding of London, a Second happy Refioration, inferior only to that of his Majefiy's Perfim and Government.
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Richard Schofield is Professor of Architectural History at the Instituto universitario di architettura at Venice (IUAV). He is coauthor of books on Giovanni Antonio Amadeo and Pellegrino Pellegrini.
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