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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
Accession Number: 41.100.14
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