Brown, G. Baldwin (Gerard Baldwin), 1849-1932 · New York : C. Scribner · leaf 238
is a very good one of an exigency of constructionturned to aesthetic ends. Not only does this rusticationcarry with it an air of primeval stability and strength which 1 History of Architecture, i. p. 20. and of Brick 219 makes it invaluable for use in the basement stories ofmonumental buildings,… … Palazzo Riccardi, Florence, first half of the fifteenth century. Palazzo Riccardi, shown in Fig. 12, while in our own timeBryces imposing Bank of Scotland, on its terraced sub-structures at Edinburgh, is as good an instance as could benamed of its sagacious employment. § 135. Brick, and the…
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