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A parallel of the ancient architecture with the modern, : in a collection of ten principal authors who have written upon the five orders, ... Written in French by Roland Freart, ... To which is added, An account of architects and architecture, ... With Leon Baptista Alberti's Treatise of statues

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1733.
Call number: 354161
Creator: Fréart, Roland (1606-1676)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: (folio)
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