An essay in defence of ancient architecture, or, A parallel of the ancient buildings with the modern

shewing the beauty and harmony of the former, and the irregularity of the latter ; with impartial reflections on the reasons of the abuses introduced by our present builders ; to which is annexed an inspectional table, universally useful ; illustrated with sixteen copper-plates

Our rough guess is there are 28,500 words in this book.

At a pace averaging 250 words per minute, this book will take 1 hours and 54 minutes to read. With a half hour per day, this will take 4 days to read.

How long will it take you?

Enter your reading speed

You can take one of our WPM reading speed tests to find your reading speed.

Author

Publication

1728 - Printed for D. Browne, at the Black-Swan, wihtout Temple-Bar; W. Bickerton, in Devereaux-Court, near Temple-Bar; J. Pote, at the Golden-Door, against Suffolk-Street, near Charing-Cross; and J. Walthoe, at Richmond, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

28,500 words, Guess

Page Count

114 pages

Identifiers

Internet Archiveessayindefenceof00morr
OCLC Control Number63765724
Open LibraryOL24130772M

Alternate Titles

Essay in defence of ancient architecture
Parallel of the ancient buildings with the modern
Essay in defense of ancient architecture

Subjects

Topics

Architecture Early works to 1800 Ancient Architecture Architecture, Ancient Medieval Architecture Architecture, Medieval Architecture -- Early works to 1800

Genres

Early works to 1800

Other Editions

An essay in defence of ancient architecture, or, A parallel of the ancient buildings with the modern: shewing the beauty and harmony of the former, and the irregularity of the latter ; with impartial reflections on the reasons of the abuses introduced by our present builders ; to which is annexed an inspectional table, universally useful ; illustrated with sixteen copper-platesPrinted for D. Browne, at the Black-Swan, wihtout Temple-Bar; W. Bickerton, in Devereaux-Court, near Temple-Bar; J. Pote, at the Golden-Door, against Suffolk-Street, near Charing-Cross; and J. Walthoe, at Richmond1728-01-01

Reader Reviews

No reviews yet for this book.

Be the first to share your thoughts!