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A31035 Vignola, or, The compleat architect shewing in a plain and easie way the rules of the five orders of architecture, viz. Tuscan, Dorick, Ionick, Corinthian, and Composite : whereby any that can but read and understand English may readily learn the proportious [sic] that all members in a building have one unto another / set forth by Mr. James Barozzio of Vignola ; translated into English by Joseph Moxon.; Regola delli cinque ordini d'architettura. English Vignola, 1507-1573.; Moxon, Joseph, 1627-1691. 1673 (1673) Wing B905; ESTC R37067 13,805 97

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