A theoretical and practical treatise on the five orders of architecture ; containing the most plain and simple rules for drawing and executing them in the purest style ; with the opinions of Sir William Chambers, and other eminent architects, both ancient and modern ... Including an historical description of Gothic architecture, showing its origin, and also a comparison of the Gothic architecture of England, Germany, France, Spain, and Italy ; together with details of the first, second, and third periods of the Pointed Arch, or Gothic style ... To which are added ... treatises on projection, perspective, fractions, decimal arithmetic, &c. concluding with an index and glossary of the terms of art, &c., by Peter Nicholson et al.

Title:	A theoretical and practical treatise on the five orders of architecture ; containing the most plain and simple rules for drawing and executing them in the purest style ; with the opinions of Sir William Chambers, and other eminent architects, both ancient and modern ... Including an historical description of Gothic architecture, showing its origin, and also a comparison of the Gothic architecture of England, Germany, France, Spain, and Italy ; together with details of the first, second, and third periods of the Pointed Arch, or Gothic style ... To which are added ... treatises on projection, perspective, fractions, decimal arithmetic, &c. concluding with an index and glossary of the terms of art, &c.
Author:	Nicholson, Peter, 1765-1844
Author:	Chambers, William, Sir, 1723-1796
Note:	T. Kelly, 1839

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Subject:	Designs and plans
Subject:	Architecture
Subject:	Architecture, Gothic
Subject:	Architecture -- Designs and plans
Subject:	Architecture -- Orders
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