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Langley, Batty, 1696-1751 / The city and country builder's and workman's treasury of designs, or, The art of drawing and working the ornamental parts of architecture
(1756)
Five orders of columns, pp. Plate I.-Plate XV. ff.
Page Plate I.
Introduction Before the young student can proceed to the Art of making Designs of the Ornamental Parts of Buildings. He must understand, How to Proportion the five orders of Columns; and that this Work may not be dependant on any other for that Purpose; I shall therefore first Explain, the manner of Proportioning them at large by equal Parts ina more concise, but full and easy Manner than has been yet done. Plate I. The Tuscan Base and Pedestal The Proportions of the Principal parts of the Tuscan Order. B. Langley Invent 1738. Tho. Langley Delin. & Sculp.
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