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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 50

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nf the information ho lias acquired in the course of those extendeiltravels and researches in Greece, Kgypt, and Talestinc, which he takes so much pleasure in liberally com-municating to his friends. The tombs of IJcnihassan are excavated in a rock a short distance from the Nile, on its right… … No. 1. height. The flutes are shallow, and -20 in number, and the capital consists of an abacu.s only. There areno indications of a base or plinth. Above the architrave, which is plain, is a projecting ledge of the rock,in the form of a cornice, the soffit of which is sculptured apparently in…

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