Lectures on architecture, comprising the history of the art from the earliest times to the present day: delivered at the Surrey and Russell Institutions, London, and the Philosophical Institution at Birmingham (1823)
t is of a much laterdate than any other. The superiority of theworkmanship gives us sufficient reason to sup-pose it to be of the time of the first Ptolemy,and it is not improbable, that he, who laid thefoundation of the Alexandrian library, insti-tuted the philosophical society of the museum,and… … devotion. This is the cabinet of Egyptian arts,the product of study for many centuries ; andit was here that Denon thought himself inthe sanctuary of the arts and sciences. Thequadrangular form of the capital(as shown in the annexed cut)first strikes the eye. On eachface, there is a colossal head…
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![An illustration from Imprese sacre con triplicati discorsi, illustrate & arricchite. Con le aggiuntione [sic] ultimamente fattevi dall'istesso autore et in questa terza impressione, con sei copiosissime tavole molto più che prima adornate (1629)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-impresesacrecont04ares-104-27.webp)
