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  • Churches and Castles of Medieval France by Larned, Walter Cranston
    Walter Cranston Larned

    Churches and Castles of Medieval France

    CONTENTS Historical Monuments of France The Cathedral of Amiens Beauvais and Chartres Tours Caen Rouen Mont St. Michel Carcassonne Aigues-Mortes Custodians of French Churches and Monuments The Templar Church of St. Jean de Luz Poitiers Two Ancient B arnais Churches The Ch teau of...
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  • The Pentagon: A History: The Untold Story of the Wartime Race to Build the Pentagon--And to Restore It Sixty Years Later by Vogel, Steve
    Steve Vogel

    The Pentagon: A History: The Untold Story of the Wartime Race to Build the Pentagon--And to Restore It Sixty Years Later

    The creation of the Pentagon in seventeen whirlwind months during World War II is one of the great construction feats in American history, involving a tremendous mobilization of manpower, resources, and minds. In astonishingly short order, Brigadier General Brehon B. Somervell conceived and built...
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  • Before The Trail of Tears: Tracing Moorish Lineages in Native Soil by Fuqua-Bey, Farmer
    Farmer Fuqua-Bey

    Before The Trail of Tears: Tracing Moorish Lineages in Native Soil

    Unravel the untold saga of cultural convergence and ancestral echoes in "Before The Trail of Tears: Tracing Moorish Lineages in Native Soil." Journey through the depths of history as author Farmer Fuqua-Bey unveils the rich tapestry of heritage buried beneath popular narratives. With a...
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  • Downtown San Francisco: General Plan Proposals: an Excerpt From the Report Downtown San Francisco; September 1963 by San Francisco (Calif ) Dept of City
    San Francisco (Calif ) Dept of City

    Downtown San Francisco: General Plan Proposals: an Excerpt From the Report Downtown San Francisco; September 1963

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • Architect and Engineer; v.89-90 (Apr.-Sept. 1927) by Anonymous
    Anonymous

    Architect and Engineer; v.89-90 (Apr.-Sept. 1927)

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • The Road to My Old Kentucky Home: One Woman's Journey of Faith, Family, History And Entrepreneurship by Curtsinger, Vickie
    Vickie Curtsinger

    The Road to My Old Kentucky Home: One Woman's Journey of Faith, Family, History And Entrepreneurship

    Sit back, relax and enjoy as first time Author Vickie Curtsinger takes you down a road you will not soon forget in her new book, THE ROAD TO MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME. Author: Vickie CurtsingerISBN-10: 1947256483ISBN-13: 9781947256484Publisher: Beyond PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/21/2018Pages: 98Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.31lbsSize:...
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  • The Urban Planning of Chinese Ancient Cities by Yeu-Ming, Chou
    Chou Yeu-Ming

    The Urban Planning of Chinese Ancient Cities

    Author: Chou Yeu-MingISBN-10: 158500264XISBN-13: 9781585002641Publisher: 1st Book LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/19/1999Pages: 124Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.18w x 0.34d
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  • Castles of Wales by Owen, Rhodri
    Rhodri Owen

    Castles of Wales

    Wales boasts a stunning array of castles, the most per square mile of any country in Europe, from the earliest stone fortifications at Chepstow to the 19th-century folly of Castell Coch and from the splendor of Caernarfon, Beaumaris, Conwy and Harlech, recognized as UNESCO...
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  • The Seven Lamps of Architecture by Ruskin, John
    John Ruskin

    The Seven Lamps of Architecture

    The Seven Lamps of Architecture, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in...
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  • Interwar: British Architecture 1919-39 by Stamp, Gavin
    Gavin Stamp

    Interwar: British Architecture 1919-39

    British architecture between the wars is most famous for the rise of modernism - the flat roofs, clean lines and concrete of the Isokon flats in Hampstead and the Penguin Pool at London Zoo - but the reality was far more diverse. As the...
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  • Re-forming Britain: Narratives of Modernity before Reconstruction by Darling, Elizabeth
    Elizabeth Darling

    Re-Forming Britain: Narratives of Modernity Before Reconstruction

    Re-forming Britain considers the nature and practice of architectural modernism in inter-war Britain in a new light. Bringing hitherto little considered protagonists and projects to the fore, it argues that rather than being an imported idiom, the new architecture in Britain formed part of...
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  • The Cathedrals Of Great Britain: Their History And Architecture by Ditchfield, Peter Hampson
    Peter Hampson Ditchfield

    The Cathedrals Of Great Britain: Their History And Architecture

    The Cathedrals Of Great Britain: Their History And Architecture This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content,...
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  • On Restoration by Le Duc, E. Viollet
    E. Viollet Le Duc

    On Restoration

    In this engaging work, E Viollet Le Duc explores the topic of restoration and its application to architecture. Drawing on his extensive experience as an architect and restorer, Le Duc provides valuable insights into the principles of restoration and the challenges faced by those...
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  • The Planning of Apartment Houses, Tenements and Country Homes; a Text Book for Students of Architecture, Household Arts, Practical Arts and Hygiene of by Bent, Teunis J. Van Der 1862-
    Teunis J. Van Der 1862- Bent

    The Planning of Apartment Houses, Tenements and Country Homes; a Text Book for Students of Architecture, Household Arts, Practical Arts and Hygiene of

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • Magnum in Parvo, or, The Marrow of Architecture: Shewing How to Draw a Column With Its Base, Capital, Entablature, and Pedestal: and Also an Arch of A by Halfpenny, William -1755
    William -1755 Halfpenny

    Magnum in Parvo, or, The Marrow of Architecture: Shewing How to Draw a Column With Its Base, Capital, Entablature, and Pedestal: and Also an Arch of A

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • Studies in Philippine Architecture; c.1 by Norton, Morilla Maria 1865-
    Morilla Maria 1865- Norton

    Studies in Philippine Architecture; c.1

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • An Architectural Monograph on Houses of the Connecticut River Valley; No. 2 by Derby, Richard B. B. 1878
    Richard B. B. 1878 Derby

    An Architectural Monograph on Houses of the Connecticut River Valley; No. 2

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • The Architecture of Marcus Vitruvius Pollio: in Ten Books by Vitruvius Pollio
    Vitruvius Pollio

    The Architecture of Marcus Vitruvius Pollio: in Ten Books

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • Positions: Portrait of New Generation by Edelmann, Fr馘駻ic
    Fr馘駻ic Edelmann

    Positions: Portrait of New Generation

    This book presents over 40 finished works by Chinese architects, produced between 2003 and 2008. A compelling selection representing a new generation of architects in a country whose building rhythm over the last decade has been unstoppable, as China's architects are making their mark...
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  • Barn in the U.S.A. by Crittendon, Robert
    Robert Crittendon

    Barn in the U.S.A.

    A beautiful photographic tribute to historic barns of the West, the icons of rural American history.Author: Robert CrittendonISBN-10: 1555915604ISBN-13: 9781555915605Publisher: Fulcrum PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2006Pages: 120Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.29lbsSize: 9.06h x 9.78w x 0.53d
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  • Building Ruskin's Italy: Watching Architecture by Kite, Stephen
    Stephen Kite

    Building Ruskin's Italy: Watching Architecture

    Based on extensive fieldwork, and research into John Ruskin's still little-interpreted archival material, notebooks and drawings (in the Ruskin Library, Lancaster University, UK and elsewhere), Stephen Kite offers an unprecedented account of the evolution of Ruskin's architectural thinking and observation in the context of...
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  • Popular Description of Sir John Soane's House, Museum, & Library by Hofland, 1770-1844
    1770-1844 Hofland

    Popular Description of Sir John Soane's House, Museum, & Library

    A beautifully illustrated guide to the iconic museum and library of Sir John Soane, one of Britain's most visionary architects and collectors. With detailed descriptions of the historic building, its extraordinary collections, and the life and work of its creator, this work is an...
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  • It Was Nevada by Lesperance, Tony
    Tony Lesperance

    It Was Nevada

    It Was Nevada is a hard hitting book following the adventures of Terry Hope from his earliest days, to his ultimate goal of working on a Nevada cattle ranch. Yet, fate has strange ways and Hope soon finds himself at the University of Nevada...
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  • America's Original GI Town Park Forest, Illinois by Randall, Gregory C.
    Gregory C. Randall

    America's Original GI Town Park Forest, Illinois

    At the close of World War II, Americans became increasingly concerned about the problem of housing for returning veterans, relocated defense workers, and their families. Community designs such as the garden city that dated from before the turn of the twentieth century were prominent...
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  • Bridges: The Spans of North America by Plowden, David
    David Plowden

    Bridges: The Spans of North America

    Whether built of wood, stone, iron, steel, or concrete, bridges have captivated our imaginations more than any other man-made structures. In David Plowden's words, "there is no more overt, powerful, or rational expression of accomplishment--of man's ability to build." And Americans, in particular, have...
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  • London: A History of 300 Years in 25 Buildings by Knox, Paul
    Paul Knox

    London: A History of 300 Years in 25 Buildings

    A lively new history of London told through twenty-five buildings, from iconic Georgian townhouses to the Shard A walk along any London street takes you past a wealth of seemingly ordinary buildings: an Edwardian church, modernist postwar council housing, stuccoed Italianate terraces, a Bauhaus-inspired...
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  • Homes From the Forest to You by Stetson & Post Lumber Co
    Stetson & Post Lumber Co

    Homes From the Forest to You

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • Six Historic Homesteads by Oakley, Imogen B.
    Imogen B. Oakley

    Six Historic Homesteads

    Our colonial ancestors knew how to build houses as well as constitutions. It may even be that they built the one as enduringly as the other, for many of their mansions still stand, firm in joist and beam, having required in nearly two centuries...
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  • It Was Nevada by Lesperance, Tony
    Tony Lesperance

    It Was Nevada

    It Was Nevada is a hard hitting book following the adventures of Terry Hope from his earliest days, to his ultimate goal of working on a Nevada cattle ranch. Yet, fate has strange ways and Hope soon finds himself at the University of Nevada...
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  • The American Porch: An Informal History of an Informal Place by Dolan, Michael
    Michael Dolan

    The American Porch: An Informal History of an Informal Place

    The former American History editor explores the creation and restoration of an essential part of a twentieth-century home's identity--the American porch. "In this delightful look at an American icon, journalist and documentary scriptwriter . . . Dolan traces the history of the porch, using...
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  • The Disputed Islands Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times The San Juans, 1850-1874 by Pratt, Boyd C.
    Boyd C. Pratt

    The Disputed Islands Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times The San Juans, 1850-1874

    An American farmer shoots an English pig, sparking a war over an international boundary. Explore the disputed islands through the ordinary lives of the multi-ethnic, polyglot communities that lived in the San Juans during this conflict: how these islanders make their homes, work and...
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  • Popular American Housing: A Reference Guide by Brent, Ruth S.
    Ruth S. Brent

    Popular American Housing: A Reference Guide

    Since the Garden of Eden, humanity has been concerned with shelter. Yet housing means different things to different people. This work is a comprehensive, historical reference guide that reviews housing concepts and issues. It introduces the reader to the current body of literature and...
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  • Roman Architecture From Its Classicistic to Its Late Imperial Phase by Boëthius, Axel 1889-1969
    Axel 1889-1969 Boëthius

    Roman Architecture From Its Classicistic to Its Late Imperial Phase

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • The Mirror of Architecture, or, The Ground-rules of the Art of Building by Scamozzi, Vincenzo 1552-1616
    Vincenzo 1552-1616 Scamozzi

    The Mirror of Architecture, or, The Ground-rules of the Art of Building

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • Seeing, Selling, and Situating Radio in Canada, 1922-1956 by Windover, Michael
    Michael Windover

    Seeing, Selling, and Situating Radio in Canada, 1922-1956

    Seeing, Selling, and Situating Radio in Canada, 1922-1956 examines the visual, material, and spatial presence of radio as it reshaped Canadian society in the second quarter of the twentieth century. Through an analysis of radio sets and advertisements, the authors explain how marketing and...
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  • Popular Description of Sir John Soane's House, Museum, & Library by Hofland, 1770-1844
    1770-1844 Hofland

    Popular Description of Sir John Soane's House, Museum, & Library

    A beautifully illustrated guide to the iconic museum and library of Sir John Soane, one of Britain's most visionary architects and collectors. With detailed descriptions of the historic building, its extraordinary collections, and the life and work of its creator, this work is an...
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  • Eight Schools: Campus and Culture by Moorhead, Robert K.
    Robert K. Moorhead

    Eight Schools: Campus and Culture

    Anyone who spent part of their young adult lives on a campus has formed lasting memories of people, times, and places. This insightful and personal book portrays the importance of place on eight boarding school campuses in New England and New Jersey: Choate Rosemary...
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  • Domesticating History: The Political Origins of America's House Museums by West, Patricia
    Patricia West

    Domesticating History: The Political Origins of America's House Museums

    Celebrating the lives of famous men and women, historic house museums showcase restored rooms and period furnishings, and portray in detail their former occupants' daily lives. But behind the gilded molding and curtain brocade lie the largely unknown, politically charged stories of how the...
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  • 40 Points You Should Consider in Building Your New Home by Johns-Manville Corp
    Johns-Manville Corp

    40 Points You Should Consider in Building Your New Home

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • A Sure Guide to Builders, or, The Principles and Practice of Architecture, Geometrically Demonstrated, and Made Easy, for the Use of Workmen in Genera by Langley, Batty 1696-1751
    Batty 1696-1751 Langley

    A Sure Guide to Builders, or, The Principles and Practice of Architecture, Geometrically Demonstrated, and Made Easy, for the Use of Workmen in Genera

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • The English Farmhouse and Cottage by Barley, M. W. (Maurice Willmore) 190
    M. W. (Maurice Willmore) 190 Barley

    The English Farmhouse and Cottage

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • Luis Frois: First Western Accounts of Japan's Gardens, Cities and Landscapes by Castel-Branco, Cristina
    Cristina Castel-Branco

    Luis Frois: First Western Accounts of Japan's Gardens, Cities and Landscapes

    This book focuses on Luis Frois, a 16th-century Portuguese Jesuit and chronicler, who recorded his impressions of Japanese gardens, cities and building practices, tea-drinking rituals, Japan's unification efforts, cultural traditions, and the many differences between Europe and Japan in remarkable manuscripts almost lost to...
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  • Impressions of Japanese Architecture and the Allied Arts by Cram, Ralph Adams
    Ralph Adams Cram

    Impressions of Japanese Architecture and the Allied Arts

    This volume contains a fascinating and comprehensive exploration of Japanese architecture through the ages - with information on temples, shrines, domestic buildings, and much more. "Impressions Of Japanese Architecture and the Allied Arts" is highly recommended for those with an interest in the development...
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  • Late Medieval Lodging Ranges: The Architecture of Identity, Power and Space by Kerr, Sarah
    Sarah Kerr

    Late Medieval Lodging Ranges: The Architecture of Identity, Power and Space

    This book draws on architectural and archaeological analysis to consider the form, function, use and meaning of late medieval lodging ranges. While we know a great deal about most elements of the late medieval great house, we understand very little about their lodging ranges,...
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  • Recarving China's Past: Art, Archaeology and Architecture of the Wu Family Shrines by Liu, Cary Y.
    Cary Y. Liu

    Recarving China's Past: Art, Archaeology and Architecture of the Wu Family Shrines

    The "Wu Family Shrines," one of the most important cultural monuments of early China, comprise approximately fifty stone slabs from the so-called Wu cemetery in Shandong province. Depicting emperors and kings, heroic women, filial sons, and mythological subjects, these famous carved and engraved reliefs...
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  • Ruby in the Rockies: Celebrating 40 Years of RMFW by Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers
    Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers

    Ruby in the Rockies: Celebrating 40 Years of RMFW

    In 2023, RMFW celebrated forty years of nurturing writers. Very few of the current members had any recollection of our history, the reasons we formed, or how we got from the initial founding to the forty year mark. Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers in 2023...
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  • Plan Book of Harris Homes: Book Number Seventy Six by Harris Brothers Company (Chicago, Ill ).
    Ill ). Harris Brothers Company (Chicago

    Plan Book of Harris Homes: Book Number Seventy Six

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • Farm Buildings by Foster, W. a. (William Arthur) 1884-
    W. a. (William Arthur) 1884- Foster

    Farm Buildings

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • Creating Medieval Cairo: Empire, Religion, and Architectural Preservation in Nineteenth-Century Egypt by Sanders, Paula
    Paula Sanders

    Creating Medieval Cairo: Empire, Religion, and Architectural Preservation in Nineteenth-Century Egypt

    This book argues that the historic city we know as Medieval Cairo was created in the nineteenth century by both Egyptians and Europeans against a background of four overlapping political and cultural contexts: the local Egyptian, Anglo-Egyptian, Anglo-Indian, and Ottoman imperial milieux. Addressing the...
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  • Architecture in Britain and Ireland, 1530-1830 by Brindle, Steven
    Steven Brindle

    Architecture in Britain and Ireland, 1530-1830

    A major new history of architecture in Britain and Ireland that looks at buildings and their construction in detail while revealing the cultural, material, political, and economic contexts that made them Architecture in Britain and Ireland, 1530-1830 presents a comprehensive history of architecture in...
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