An essay on the study and practice of architecture Explaining the true principles of the science: Illustrated with figures, elegantly engraved, To . directions for the embellishment of cities

Laugier, Marc-Antoine

ISBN 10: 1171473915 / ISBN 13: 9781171473916

Published by Gale ECCO, Print Editions, 2010

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• Title: An essay on the study and practice of architecture Explaining the true principles of the science: Illustrated with figures, elegantly engraved, To . directions for the embellishment of cities
• Publisher: Gale ECCO, Print Editions
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1171473915
• ISBN 13: 9781171473916
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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<sourceLibrary>Huntington Library

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<Notes>Anonymous. By Marc Antoine Laugier. Horizontal chain lines.

<imprintFull>London : printed for Stanley Crowder and Henry Woodgate, 1756. <collation>xvi,[2],272,[8]p.,plates ; 8°