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• Dictionnaire des architectes français (V. A. Morel, 1872), by Adolphe Lance (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dizionario universale d'architettura e dizionario vitruviano accuratamente ordinati (Carlo Baduel e figli, 1801), by Baldassarre Orsini (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notice historique et raisonnée des architectes, peintres, graveurs, sculpteurs, musiciens, acteurs et danseurs, imprimeurs, horlogers & méchaniciens (Vincent, 1776), by abbé de Fontenai (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dizionario portatile delle belle arti : ovvero, ristretto di ciò, che spetta all' architettura, alla scultura, alla pittura, all' intaglio, alla poesia, ed alla musica ... (Nella stamperia Remondini, 1758), by Jacques Lacombe and Remondini (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Abecedario pittorico dall'origine delle belle arti (Nella stamperia di S.A.R. per Gaetano Cambiagi, 1769), by Domenico Marzi, Luigi Bastianelli, Gaetano Cambiagi, Giovanni Battista Cecchi, Jacopo da Pontormo, and Sante Pacini (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memorie degli architetti antichi e moderni (Dalla Stamperia reale, 1781), by Francesco Milizia (page images at HathiTrust)
• Abecedario pittorico dall'origine delle belle arti (Nella Stamperia Allegrini, Pisoni e Comp., 1776), by Francesco Allegrini, Giovanni Battista Cecchi, and Pellegrino Antonio Orlandi (page images at HathiTrust)

• The lives of celebrated architects, ancient and modern : with historical and critical observations on their works, and on the principles of the art (Printed for J. Taylor, Architectural Library, High Holborn, 1826), by Francesco Milizia, J. Taylor, Eliza Taylor Cresy, and England) I. and J. Taylor's Architectural Library (London (page images at HathiTrust)

• The lives of celebrated architects, ancient and modern : with historical and critical observations on their works, and on the principles of the art (Printed for J. Taylor, Architectural Library, High Holborn, 1826), by Francesco Milizia, J. Taylor, Eliza Taylor Cresy, and England) I. and J. Taylor's Architectural Library (London (page images at HathiTrust)

• Memorie degli architetti antichi e moderni (Dalla Stamperia reale, 1781), by Francesco Milizia (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memorie degli architetti antichi e moderni. (A spese Remondini di Venezia, 1785), by Francesco Milizia and Remondini (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Neues allgemeines künstler-lexikon; oder, Nachrichten von dem leben und den werken der maler, bilhauer, baumeister, kupferstecher, lithographen, formschneider, zeichner, medailleure, elfenbeinarbeiter, etc. (Schwarzenberg & Schumann, 1924), by G. K. Nagler (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Who's who in architecture, 1923 (The Architectural Press, 1923), by Frederick Chatterton (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Annuaire des artistes français (M. Guyot de Fère, 1832), by François Fortuné Guyot de Fère (page images at HathiTrust)

• Architects in America of Catholic tradition. (C. E. Tuttle Co., 1962), by Francis William Wynn Kervick (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Opere complete di Francesco Milizia risguardanti le belle arti ... (Stamperia Cardinali e Frulli, 1826), by Francesco Milizia (page images at HathiTrust)
• Abecedario pittorico dall'origine delle belle arti (Nella stamperia di S.A.R. per Gaetano Cambiagi, 1769), by Domenico Marzi, Luigi Bastianelli, Gaetano Cambiagi, Giovanni Battista Cecchi, Jacopo da Pontormo, and Sante Pacini (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vite de' pittori, scultori, ed architetti genovesi (Nella stamperia Casamara, 1768), by Raffaele Soprani, Carlo Giuseppe Ratti, and Stamperia Casamara (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notizie istoriche de' pittori, scultori, ed architetti cremonesi (Nella stamperìa di Pietro Ricchini, 1774), by Giovanni Battista Zaist, Pietro Ricchini, Antonio Maria Panni, Alessandro Lamo, Giuseppe Cavalli, and Bernardino Campi (page images at HathiTrust)
• The architect in history (Clarendon press, 1927), by Martin S. Briggs (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Les architectes par leurs oeuvres : ouvrage rédigé sur les manuscrits de feu Al. Du Bois (H. Laurens, 1893), by Al. Du Bois and Elie Brault (page images at HathiTrust)
• A dictionary of architecture and building, biographical, historical, and descriptive (The Macmillan company;, 1901), by Russell Sturgis (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A dictionary of architecture and building, biographical, historical, and descriptive (The Macmillan compay;, 1905), by Russell Sturgis (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Masters of modern architecture. (G. Braziller, 1958), by John Peter (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Baukunst der neuesten Zeit (Propyläen-verlag;, 1927), by Gustav Adolf Platz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Wren's Parentalia (Edward Arnold ;, 1903), by Christopher Wren, Bruce Rogers, Ernest J. Enthoven, Christopher Wren, and Essex House Press (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• An encyclopædia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. (Longmans, Green, and Co., 1876), by Joseph Gwilt and Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandaw Papworth (page images at HathiTrust)
• This business of architecture (Reinhold Pub. Corp., 1941), by Royal Barry Wills and Leon Keach (page images at HathiTrust)
• On being an architect (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1942), by William Lescaze (page images at HathiTrust)
• Great winds (New York : The Macmillan Company, 1933, 1933), by Ernest Poole (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Medals and medallions relating to architects (Priv. print. [The Scribner press], 1927), by Robert James Eidlitz (page images at HathiTrust)
• A dictionary of the architecture and archaeology of the middle ages: including words used by ancient and modern authors in treating of architectural and other antiquities ... also, biographical notices of ancient architects. (Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans [etc.], 1838), by John Britton, George Godwin, and John Le Keux (page images at HathiTrust)
• Histoire de la vie et des ouvrages des plus célèbres architectes du XIe siècle jusqu'à la fin du XVIIIe : accompagnée de la vue du plus remarquable édifice de chacun d'eux (J. Renouard, 1830), by M. Quatremère de Quincy (page images at HathiTrust)
• L'art d'architecture et la profession d'architecte (Librarie de la Construction moderne, 1910), by Albert Louvet and Jean Louis Pascal (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die kunstgenossen der klosterzelle : das wirken des klerus in den gebieten der malerei, skulptur und baukunst (W. Braumüller, 1863), by Sebastian Brunner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lives of the most eminent painters, sculptors & architects of the order of St. Dominic. (James Duffy, 1852), by Vincenzo Fortunato Marchese (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les architectes. Élèves de l'École des beaux arts (Librairie de la construction moderne, 1907), by architecte Delaire, architecte Roux, and architecte David de Penanrun (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Memorie dei più insigni pittori, scultori e architetti domenicani (F. Le Monnier, 1854), by Vincenzo Fortunato Marchese (page images at HathiTrust)
• Encyclopedia of architecture. A dictionary of the science and practice of architecture, building, carpentry, etc., from the earliest ages to the present time, forming a comprehensive work of reference for the use of architects, builders, carpenters, masons, engineers, students, professional men, and amateurs. (Martin and Johnson, 1850), by Peter Nicholson, Thomas Gunyon, and Edward Lomax (page images at HathiTrust)
• Schwedischer Architektur der Gegenwart (Aktiebolaget Ljus, 1908) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A dictionary of architecture; historical, descriptive, topographical, decorative, theoretical and mechanical ... (Jones & Co., 1830), by Robert Stuart (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vies des fameux architectes depuis la renaissance des arts (Debure l'aîné, 1787), by Antoine-Nicolas Dézallier d'Argenville (page images at HathiTrust)
• An encyclopædia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. (Longmans, Green, and co., 1881), by Joseph Gwilt and Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau Papworth (page images at HathiTrust)
• You and your architect: a home planning guide. (San Francisco, 1956), by Women's Architectural League (page images at HathiTrust)
• Britton's architecture and archaeology (Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, Paternoster Row; and the Author, Burton Street, 1883), by John Britton, George Godwin, and John Le Keux (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les princes de l'art : architectes, sculpteurs, peintres, et graveurs (Leypoldt & Holt :, 1870), by C. Fallet (page images at HathiTrust)
• Biographical dictionary of painters, sculptors, engravers, and architects, from the earliest ages to the present time; interspersed with original anecdotes. To which is added an introduction, containing a brief account of various schools of art ... (Routledge, 1839), by John Gould and C. J. Nieuwenhuys (page images at HathiTrust)
• Encyclopedia of architecture : a dictionary of the science and practice of architecture, building, etc., from the earliest times to the present (Martin and Johnson, 1850), by Peter Nicholson, Thomas Gunyon, and Edward Lomax (page images at HathiTrust)
• Geschichte der berühmtesten Architekten und ihrer Werke : vom XI. bis zum Ende des XVIII. Jahrhunderts : nebst der Ansicht des merkwürdigsten Gebäudes eines Jeden derselben (C.W. Leske, 1831), by M. Quatremère de Quincy and Friedrich Heldmann (page images at HathiTrust)
• A dictionary of architecture; historical, descriptive, topographical, decorative, theoretical and mechanical ... (A. Hart, 1851), by Robert Stuart (page images at HathiTrust)
• Entretiens sur les vies et sur les ouvrages des plus excellens peintres anciens et modernes. (Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1686), by André Félibien (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ethical documents of the American Institute of Architects... ([Washington], 1921), by D.C. American Institute of Architects. Washington (page images at HathiTrust)
• Apologhi immaginati, e sol estemporaneamente in voce esposti agli amici suoi ([publisher not identified], 1787), by Carlo Lodoli and Andrea Memmo (page images at HathiTrust)
• Recueïl historique de la vie et des ouvrages des plus célebres architectes. (Chez la veuve de Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy ..., 1687), by J.-F. Félibien des Avaux, Pierre Paul Sevin, and Cornelis Vermeulen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Proportions des trois ordres grecs (Impr. de Son Altesse Sérénissime; se vend à Nancy chez N. Gervois; se vend à Metz Chez Marchal, 1768), by Jean Antoine (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vita di Andrea Palladio vicentino egregio architetto (Presso Giambattista Pasquali, 1762), by Tommaso Temanza and Giovanni Battista Brustolon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Abcedario pittorico : nel quale compendiosamente sono descritte le patrie, i maestri, ed i tempi, ne' quali fiorirono circa quattro mila professori di pittura, di scultura, e d'architettura : diviso in tre parti ... (Per Costantino Pisarri ..., 1704), by Pellegrino Antonio Orlandi and Costantino Pisarri (page images at HathiTrust)
• Encyclopedia of architecture. : A dictionary of the science and practice of architecture, building, carpentry, etc., from the earliest ages to the present time, froming a comprehensive work of reference for the use of architects, builders, carpenters, masons, engineers, students, professional men, and amateurs (Johnson, Fry & co., 1850), by Peter Nicholson, Thomas Gunyon, and Edward Lomax (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vita di Vincenzio Scamozzi architetto (Presso Giambatista Pasquali, 1770), by Tommaso Temanza, Giovanni Battista Pasquali, and Giovanni Battista Brustolon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memorie dei più insigni pittori, scultori e architetti domenicani (G. Romagnoli, 1878), by Vincenzo Fortunato Marchese (page images at HathiTrust)
• Abecedario pittorico del M.R.P. Pellegrino Antonio Orlandi, bolognese, contenente le notizie de' professori di pittura, scoltura, ed architettura (Giambatista Pasquali, 1753), by Pellegrino Antonio Orlandi, Pietro Maria Guarienti, and Giovanni Battista Pasquali (page images at HathiTrust)
• An encyclopædia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. (Longmans, Green, 1888), by Joseph Gwilt and Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau Papworth (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memorie dei più insigni pittori, scultori e architetti domenicani (Libraio-Editore della R. Commissione pe'testi di Lingua, 1878), by Vincenzo Fortunato Marchese (page images at HathiTrust)
• Abecedario pittorico dall'origine delle belle arti (Nella Stamperia Allegrini, Pisoni e Comp., 1776), by Francesco Allegrini, Giovanni Battista Cecchi, and Pellegrino Antonio Orlandi (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notice historique et raisonnée des architectes, peintres, graveurs, sculpteurs, musiciens, acteurs et danseurs, imprimeurs, horlogers & méchaniciens (Vincent, 1776), by abbé de Fontenai (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Architect and his opportunity : a layman's view. ([publisher not identified], 1929), by Frederick P. Keppel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vies des fameux architectes depuis la renaissance des arts, avec la description de leurs ouvrages. (Guillot, 1788), by Antoine-Nicolas Dézallier d'Argenville (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memorie degli architetti : antichi e moderni (Cardinali e Frulli, 1827), by Francesco Milizia (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memorie degli architetti antichi e moderni (A. Forni, 1978), by Francesco Milizia (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• An architectural dictionary, containing a correct nomenclature and derivation of the terms employed by architects, builders, and workmen ... and the lives of the principal architects. The whole forming a complete guide to the science of architecture and the art of building. (Printed by J. Barfield, 1819), by Peter Nicholson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nicholson's dictionary of the science and practice of architecture, building, carpentry, etc., etc., etc., from the earliest ages to the present time. (The London Print. and Pub. Co., 1854), by Peter Nicholson, Thomas Gunyon, and Edward Lomax (page images at HathiTrust)
• The architect and his city. ([New York] : [publisher not identified], [1926], 1926), by Raymond Unwin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Facts about your architect and his work. (American Institute of Architects, 1963), by American Institute of Architects (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Useful details in several styles. (A. H. Botwright, 1912), by Herbert E. Binstead (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Roster (California State Board of Architectural Examiners, 1961), by California. State Board of Architectural Examiners (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Directory, registered building designers (California State Board of Architectural Examiners, in the 1960s), by California. State Board of Architectural Examiners (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Facts about your architect and his work. ([Washington, 1959), by American Institute of Architects (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Proceedings of the ... annual convention of the American Institute of Architects. (Committee on Library and Publications, 1867), by American Institute of Architects and Ill.) World Congress of Architects (1893 : Chicago (page images at HathiTrust)
• Du privilège des architectes entrepreneurs, maçons et autres ouvriers. (1903), by Léon Vinsonneau (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Principles of professional practice. ([Washington, D.C., 1937), by American Institute of Architects (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Anecdotes of painters, engravers, sculptors and architects and curiosities of art (J.W. Bouton, 1865), by Shearjashub Spooner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Useful details in several styles. (A. H. Botwright, 1906), by Herbert E. Binstead (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Swedish architecture of the twentieth century (London : Ernest Benn, MCMXXV [1925], 1925), by Hakon Ahlberg and Francis Rowland Yerbury (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Masters of modern architecture. (G. Braziller, 1958), by John Peter (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Report of the council ... : list of donors and annual subscribers, by-laws. (Royal Institute of British Architects, in the 1st century), by Architects Benevolent Society and Royal Institute of British Architects (page images at HathiTrust)

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