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The lives of the British architects from William of Wykeham to Sir William Chambers (1909)

Chancellor, E. Beresford (Edwin Beresford), 1868-1937 · London, Duckworth and Co.; New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 269

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us predecessors, interspersed with not a few of theirown, and dedicated to patrons whose purses must oftenhave been considerably lightened in the process of publica-tion. Campbell was a notable example of this custom,but the selection he issued in three volumes, under the titleof Vitruvius… … THE EAKL OF BURLINGTON To face p. 217 LORD BURLINGTON 217 gives three examples of the work of the greatest of Englishdesigners. Of course he includes many of his own worksand plenty of eulogy of his patrons ; but notwithstandingthese blemishes the work has an undeniable value, and asour judgment…

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