The Origin of Building: Or, the Plagiarism of the Heathens Detected. In Five Books. By John Wood, Architect (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781379840541)

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
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British Library

T065432

With a final leaf of errata.

Bath: printed by S. and F. Farley, and sold by J. Leake: M. Lewis, in Bristol: W Innys; C Hitch and 3 others in London], 1741. 6],235, 3]p., plates; 2

Author: John Wood
ISBN-10: 1379840546
ISBN-13: 9781379840541
Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
Language: English
Published: 04/20/2018
Pages: 276
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.24lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d