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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 114

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eloomh Regis.Sir Christopher was twice returned for New Windsor, and, upon peti-tions against the returns, had the ill luck to be, upon opposite determine- OF GATES, DOORS, AND PIERS. 339 has executed doors of this sort, under the beautiful semi-circular porches in the flanks of St. Pauls… … The sections above given are of St. Peters at Rome, numbered 1 ; a halfsection of Sta. Maria del Fiore at Florence, numbered 2 ; a half section ofSt. Pauls, numbered 3; and a like section of the Pantheon at Paris, num-bered 4. All to the same scale. It does not appear that Wren ever visited Italy,…

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