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The Grecian orders of architectvre, delineated and explained from the antiquities of Athens, also, the parallels of the orders of Palladio, Scamozzi and Vignola to which are added remarks concerning pvblick and private edifices with designs

Riou, Stephen · 1768 · London : Printed by J. Dixwell, for the author · 12 pictures

An 1768 London treatise on architectural orders by the architect Stephen Riou, printed by J. Dixwell for the author, drawing on Athenian antiquities and the orders of Palladio, Scamozzi and Vignola for English builders and students. Its plates are precise line engravings of elevations, plans and column details, with fine hatching and labelled measurements that a designer could use as clean classical ornament and proportion references.

Architecture -- Orders -- Early works to 1800 · Architecture, Greek -- Early works to 1800 · Neoclassicism (Architecture) -- England -- Early works to 1800

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