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A Parallel of the Ancient Architecture with the Modern with Leon Battista Alberti's Treatise on Statues

1733
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  • Title: A Parallel of the Ancient Architecture with the Modern with Leon Battista Alberti's Treatise on Statues
  • Author: Roland Fréart Sieur de Chambray (French, 1606–1676)
  • Author: Leon Battista Alberti (Italian, Genoa 1404–1472 Rome)
  • Translator: John Evelyn (British, 1620–1706 Wotton, Surrey)
  • Author: An Account written by John Evelyn (British, 1620–1706 Wotton, Surrey)
  • Author: Elements of Architecture written by Sir Henry Wotton (British, 1568–1639)
  • Printer: T. W. (British, 18th century) , for J. Walthoe, D. Midwinter, A. Ward...
  • Published in: London
  • Date: 1733
  • Medium: Illustrations: etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: 13 3/4 x 9 1/4 x 1 3/16 in. (34.9 x 23.5 x 3 cm)
  • Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
  • Object Number: 41.100.14
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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