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The architectural antiquities of Great Britain : represented and illustrated in a series of views, elevations, plans, sections, and details, of various ancient English edifices : with historical and descriptive accounts of each

Britton, John, 1771-1857 · 1807 · London : Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, J. Taylor, Architectural Library, and the author · 84 pictures

John Britton's multi-volume survey of medieval English buildings, issued in London from 1807 by Longman and the Architectural Library for antiquaries, architects and their patrons. Line-engraved and aquatint plates give measured elevations, plans and sections of Gothic churches, towers and halls alongside distant exterior views under open skies, offering designers precise tracery patterns, arcade rhythms, vaulting ribs and engraved title lettering set within the plates.

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