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Le Premier volume des plus excellents bastiments de France..., [et, Le Second volume des plus excellents bastiments de France]

Androuet du Cerceau, Jacques (fl. 1549-1584)

1972

Facsimile reprint of 1st ed. of vol.1, Paris: Pour I. Androuet du Cerceau, 1576. - Facsimile reprint of 1607 [i.e. 2nd] ed. of vol.2, Paris: Pour I. Androuet du Cerceau, 1607.

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Plan de Paris commencé l'année 1734 : Dessiné et gravé sous les ordres de Messire Michel Etienne Turgot... achevé de graver en 1739

Bretez, Louis; Turgot, Michel Etienne (1690-1751)

[1739?]

Plate [18] contains the title. Consists of 20 numbered sectional plans of Paris.

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The ancient architecture of England : including the orders during the British, Roman, Saxon, and Norman eras; and under the reigns of Henry III. and Edward III

Carter, John (1748-1817); Britton, John (1771-1857)

1837

First editon, London, 1795-1807. (2 v. in 1); the engraved title pages of each part are reproduced in this edition.

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Les ruines de Balbec : autrement dite Heliopolis dans la Coelosyrie

Wood, Robert (1717?-1771); Borra, Giovanni Battista (1712-1782); Fourdrinier, P (fl. 1720-1760); Major, Thomas (1720-1799)

1757

Text signed: Robert Wood. Plate III is in 2 parts making a total of 47 plates in all. Engravings by P. Fourdrinier and T. Major after drawings by G.B. Borra. Also issued in the same year in Engl...

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Les ruines de Palmyre, autrement dite, Tedmor au désert

Wood, Robert (1717?-1771); Borra, Giovanni Battista (1712-1782); Fourdrinier, P (fl. 1720-1760)

1753

Préface signed Robert Wood. Engravings by P. Fourdrinier, T.M. Müller Jun.r, and T. Major after drawings by G.B. Borra. Also issued in the same year in English.

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An investigation of the principles of Athenian architecture : or, The results of a recent survey conducted chiefly with reference to the optical refinements exhibited in the construction of the ancient buildings at Athens

Penrose, Francis Cranmer (1817-1903); Society of Dilettanti (London)

1851

Illustrated by numerous engravings. Published by the Society of Dilettanti. Results of a recent survey conducted chiefly with reference to the optical refinements exhibited in the construction of ...

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Les Monuments historiques de la Tunisie (Pt. 1)

1898-

At head of title: Régence de Tunis, Protectorat français, Direction des antiquités et arts. pt.1 edited by René Cagnat, Paul Gauckler; pt.2 Paul Gauckler, Bernard Roy.

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Städte Pamphyliens und Pisidiens (Bd 2)

Lanckoroński, Karl Graf (1848-); Niemann, George (1841-); Petersen, Eugen Adolf Hermann (1836-1919)

1890-1892

Bibliographical foot-notes. Includes index.

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Städte Pamphyliens und Pisidiens (Bd 1)

Lanckoroński, Karl Graf (1848-); Niemann, George (1841-); Petersen, Eugen Adolf Hermann (1836-1919)

1890-1892

Bibliographical foot-notes. Includes index.

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Raccolta de tempj antichi

Piranesi, Francesco (1756-1810); Salomoni, Giovanni

[1780?]

Signatures: pi2 A-C2 chi2 D2 a2 chi3. On colophon of p. 10: "Nella stamperia Salomoni". Contents: Dichiarazione sopra il tempio antico di vesta madre ouuero della terra. -- Dichiarazione del tempi...

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Les trois livres d'architecture : Paris, 1559, 1561 & 1582

Androuet du Cerceau, Jacques (fl. 1549-1584)

1965

Facsimile of the original editions, issued separately with titles: Livre d'architecture... contenant les plans & dessaings de cinquante bastimens ... Second livre d'architecture, and Livre d'architect...

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Pam︠i︡atniki russkoĭ arkhitektury (v.5)

Institut istorii i teorii arkhitektury (Akademi︠i︡a arkhitektury SSSR)

1941-

Description based on v. 1(1941).

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