The First Book of Architecture

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Excerpt from The First Book of Architecture: Translated Out of Italian, With an Appendix Touching Doors and Windows; To Which Are Added Designs of Floors Lately Made at Somerset-House, and the Framing of Houses After the Best Manner of English Building, With Their Proportions and Scantlings Examples will make ir as muehfa fieremed here as abroad 5 an d it is only for their fervice that I have undertaken this work; Being fenfible that Iought to prefer-1c you fomething fuitable to thofe' higher Studies wherein you have with (0 muchfuccefi'e'ex ercifed your felf, and not by any thing inferi. Ithat Royall Society at Greflam - Colledge, orthy, me er. But. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.