A treatise on civil architecture : in which the principles of that art are laid down, and illustrated by a great number of plates accurately designed, and elegantly engraved by the best hands
A treatise on civil architecture by William Chambers, published in London in 1759 for the author's own subscribers and the architecture-buying public of the day. Its engraved plates set out classical orders, capitals, doorways and entablatures as measured drawings. For designers, the pages offer precise, reusable proportions and profiles of Roman and Greek architectural details, drawn in clean line with light shading.
