Lectures on architecture: consisting of rules founded upon harmonick and arithmetical proportions in building: design'd as an agreeable entertainment for gentlemen: and more particularly useful to all who make architecture or the polite arts, their s

Language: English. Approximately 302 pages. Printed on premium paper. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1734. An important 18th-century architectural treatise presenting rules founded upon harmonic and arithmetical proportions in building. Written as a refined guide for gentlemen and for readers interested in architecture and the polite arts, the work reflects the period's close link between theory, proportion, and design. It is of bibliographic interest for its engraved illustrations and its place in early architectural literature. Important treatise of 18th-century architecture presenting rules based on harmonic and arithmetical proportions in building. Intended as an instructive and elegant reading for gentlemen and for students of architecture and the polite arts, it is notable for its engraved plates and its place in early architectural thought. Book images are non-contractual.