The geometry and optics of ancient architecture :

illustrated by examples from Thebes, Athens and Rome /
by John Pennethorne, esq., assisted in the drawing and colouring of the plates and in the arrangement of the text by John Robinson, architect.
Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Pennethorne, John, 1808-1888.
Contributors: Robinson, John, architect.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: London and ; Edinburgh : Williams and Norgate, 1878.
Subjects:
Notes:T.P. Chandler library.

A development of the assertion of Virtuvius that horizontal lines in ancient architecture were all convex lines.

Physical description: xvi, 249 p., 55 plates (part col.) : ill ; 57 cm. (fol.)

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