The cabinet-maker and upholsterer's drawing-book : in four parts (1802)
Sheraton, Thomas, 1751-1806 · London : Printed by T. Bensley ... for W. Baynes · leaf 154
that the more maflive and plaincolumns are neareft the foundation, as fiftt the Tufcan, fecond the Doric,third the Ionic, fourth the Compofite, and laft the Corinthian. Second, be-caufe it is the fourth in point of richnefs and delicacy, for as they decreafe inftrength they increafe in richnefs of… … :3 ^ZP