Notes and sketches of an architect taken during a journey in the northwest of Europe; (1877)
Narjoux, Félix, Peto, John Frederick, 1854-1907 · Boston, J. R. Osgood · leaf 45
fronts of the houses abut on a canal, they are some-times covered with enclosed or sheltered balconies, or large project-ing bay-windows, which produce a picturesque effect (Fig. 15). 40 HOLLAND. The rooms on the ground-floor are intended to be seen by thepublic who pass along the street, but do… … Fig. 15. —Houses on the Banks of a Canal, Rotterdam. tions of Java, China, or Japan, of objects of art or vertu, ofstrange forms, but of an inappreciable value and rarity; im-mense jars, hideous Bouddhas, jade vases, and unsightly bronzesare seen in abundance. Nothing interferes with the view of…
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