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A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive

Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · 1902 · New York : The Macmillan company · 582 pictures

Russell Sturgis's three-volume dictionary of architecture and building, published by Macmillan in New York in 1902 as a reference work for architects, builders, and students. Line engravings and pen drawings cover building types, structural details, and ornament: Palladio's Villa Rotonda in elevation, Romanesque doorways with carved capitals, masonry arches and voussoirs rendered in close hatching, all usable as clean architectural linework or diagram stock.

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