The Architectural Forms of the Classic Ages. Comprising The Principle Examples of the Orders of Columns and their Entablatures. ...

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Berlin: Bruno Hessling Co. 1909. Elephant folio. Or.qtr.cl. Portfolio with ties. (rebacked & ties replaced; slightly rubbed). Containing 76 plates in colour collotype and photo-lithography with descriptive letterpress. Some very minor foxing on few of the plates. Each plate has the book-plate of "Otto Kochl" the previous owner laid down on verso. This collection of plates is a compilation of Greek Roman Egyptian Assyrian and Persian architectural forms. It has been compiled as a reference tool for students and architects of the Classic Ages. The architectural forms illustrated here have been taken from the work carried out by archaeologists during the 18th and 19th centuries.