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A treatise on the building and ornamental stones of Great Britain and foreign countries : arranged according to their geological distribution and mineral character, with illustrations of their application in ancient and modern structures (1872)

Hull, Edward, 1829-1917, author · London : Macmillan and Co. · leaf 159

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CHAPTER II. CONTINENTAL MARBLES. … APPROACH TO CARRARA QUARRTES. Spain, Italy, Sicily, and Greece are the countries of all others the most rich in marbles, both for sta- tuary and ornamental purposes ; and it is to Italy that sculptors still have recourse for that pure white

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