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A treatise on the decorative part of civil architecture (1825)

Chambers, William, Sir, 1723-1796, Gwilt, Joseph, 1784-1863 · London, Priestley and Weale · leaf 320

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essiveeither of the taste or intelligence of the performer. Many even of our greatest architects have too muchneglected the detail; having employed their attentionwholly on the general disposition of their compositions.This neglect, though authorised by great examples, oughtby no means to be…

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