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An Abridgment of the Architecture of Vitruvius

Claude Perrault (abridging Vitruvius Pollio), trans. anonymous English translator (1692) · 1673 (French abridgment); 1692 (English translation)

passage 7 of 57 · Part is treated of in the Eight first Books: The Second in the Ninth:

The Third in the Last.

The First Part which relates to Building is twofold, for they are either publick or private. He speaks of private Buildings in the Sixth Book; and as to that which relates to publick Buildings, it's likewise divided into Three Parts, viz. That which has Relation to Security, which consists in Fortifications, described in the Third Chapter of the First

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An Abridgment of the Architecture of Vitruvius · Claude Perrault (abridging Vitruvius Pollio), trans. anonymous English translator (1692) · 1673–1692