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Creator:
Donaldson, Thomas Leverton, 1795–1885
Title(s):
A collection of the most approved examples of doorways, from ancient buildings in Greece and Italy, expressly measured and delineated for this work, preceded by an essay on the usages of the ancients respecting doorways; a new translation of the chapter of Vitruvius on the subject, with the original text taken from an ancient and valuable m.s. in the British museum; and copious descriptions of the plates: by Thomas Leverton Donaldson, architect ...
Published/Created:
London, Bossange, Barthès and Lowell [etc] 1833.
Physical Description:
viii, [3]-47, [2] p. illus., pl. and atlas of 25 pl. 31 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NA3010 D6+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Plates by Emile Edmond Ollivier; after Thomas Leverton Donaldson.
Bound with: A collection of the most approved examples of doorways, from modern buildings in Italy and Sicily / Thomas Leverton Donaldson. London : John Weale, 1836.
Subject Terms:
Architecture -- Details.
Architecture -- Greece.
Architecture -- Italy.
Bossange, Barthès and Lowell -- Publisher.
Doorways.
Engraving -- Specimens -- 1833.
Contributors:
Ollivier, Émile Edmond, 1800–1864, engraver.
Donaldson, Thomas Leverton, 1795–1885, ill.
Vitruvius Pollio.
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