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A treatise on the decorative part of civil architecture (1862)

Chambers, William, Sir, 1726-1796, Gwilt, Joseph, 1784-1863, Leeds, W. H. (William Henry), 1786-1866, Hardwick, Thomas, 1752-1829 · London : Lockwood and Co. · leaf 150

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of their origin little is known but from the relation of Vitruviusf, the • PI. OnlcrR. •f Lib. iv. c. 1. For a learncil anil impartial examinntioii of tlic acctmnt given by Vilruviiis relatingto the origin of the Grecian Orders of Architecture, whicb it is much regretted would exceed the limits ofa… … ARCHITECTURE IN GENERAL. 113 veracity of which has been much questioned, and is probably not much to bedepended upon. Doras, says he, son of Ilellen and the nymph Orsois*, king of Achaiaand of all the Peloponnesus, having formerly built a temple to Juno, in theancient city of Argos, this temple…

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