Variety of Capitals, Freezes, and Corniches...

Designer Designed and engraved by Placido Columbani Italian

Publisher Isaac Taylor I British

1776

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Title: Variety of Capitals, Freezes, and Corniches...
Designer: Designed and engraved by Placido Columbani (Italian, born 1744, active to 1801)
Publisher: Isaac Taylor I (British, Worcester 1730–1807 Edmonton, Greater London)
Published in: London
Date: 1776
Medium: Illustrations: engraving, etching
Dimensions: 10 7/16 x 14 3/16 x 3/8 in. (26.5 x 36 x 1 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1952
Object Number: 52.519.47
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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