Practice of architecture : containing the five orders of architecture and an additional column and entablature, with all their elements and details explained and illustrated, for the use of carpenters and practical men. (1835)
Benjamin, Asher, 1773-1845 · Boston : Pub. by the author [etc.] ; New York : Collins & co. · leaf 47
wo fascia and a crown-ing moulding. Some writers on architecture deny this composition the rank andname of an order ; and indeed the objection is made with morepropriety than a similar one against the Tuscan order. I do notsee, however, that we gain any particular advantage by deprivingthis ancient… … 29 THE TUSCAN ORDER. PLATE V. The Tuscan order is said to have been invented by the inhabi-tants of Tuscany, before the Romans had any intercourse with theGreeks, or had become acquainted with their arts and sciences. Itis to be lamented that no regular example of this order has beendiscovered…
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