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Monuments anciens et modernes : collection formant une histoire de l'architecture des différents peuples à toutes les époques

Gailhabaud, Jules, 1810-1888 · 1865 · Paris : Firmin Didot frères · 13 pictures

Monuments anciens et modernes is an architectural history of many peoples and periods, compiled by Jules Gailhabaud and published in Paris by Firmin Didot frères in 1865. The plates are rotated engraved views of church interiors, arcaded cloisters and stone vaulting, with dense linework showing column capitals, carved reliefs and receding arches that a designer could draw on for ornament, pattern and spatial rhythm.

Architecture -- History · Church architecture · Architecture, Medieval

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