Principles of design in architecture traced in observations on buildings primeval, Egyptian, Phenician or Syrian, Grecian, Roman . . . and modern English domestic: in a series of letters to a friend

William Mitford

RA Collection: Book

Record number

16/1541

Author

Imprint

London: printed for Rodwell and Martin, 1819

Physical Description

vi, [2], 293, [3] p. ; 22.3 cm. (8°).

General Note

Anonymous. Attributed to William Mitford. A reissue of the 1809 edition. A subsequent edition published in 1824 as the second edition records William Mitford as the author on the title page.
London: printed by Luke Hansard & Sons, near Lincoln's Inn Fields
First recorded in the 1877 RA Library catalogue, in which it is incorrectly listed as being by James Elmes

Reproductions

A copy of this book from the collection of the Princeton University Library has been digitised and made available online via the Google Books digital library.

Copy Note

Written in pencil on the title page: "By James Elmes, Architect." [i.e. wrongly attributing the book to Elmes].

Binding Note

Spine lettered 'Principles of Design in Architecture'.

Subject

Architecture History Design and construction, Architectural design History

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