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Book of architecture : containing the general principles of the art and the plans, elevations, and sections of some of the edifices built in France and in foreign countries / Germain Boffrand ; edited and introduced by Caroline van Eck ; translated by David Britt.
Fine Arts Library NA2500 .B61413 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boffrand, Germain, 1667-1754.
- Series:
- Reinterpreting classicism
- Standardized Title:
- Livre d'architecture. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture--Philosophy.
- Architecture.
- Architecture--Early works to 1800.
- Physical Description:
- xxxii, 106 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2002]
- Contents:
- Germain Boffrand: life and work xi
- The theoretical context xiv
- The Livre d'architecture xvii
- Taste xvii
- Principles xviii
- Optical Correction xxiii
- Boffrand's influence xxv
- A Note on the French and Latin Versions and the Plates xxxiii
- Book of Architecture Containing the General Principles of the Art / M. Boffrand 1.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [101]-103) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1840146877
- OCLC:
- 47716472
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