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Title: A History of Architecture in All Countries, Volume 2, 3rd ed.

Author: James Fergusson

Editor: Richard Phené Spiers

Release date: November 1, 2017 [eBook #55872]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

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Transcriber’s Note

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PORTAL OF THE CONVENT AT BELEM, NEAR LISBON.

A
 
HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE
 
IN ALL COUNTRIES,
 
FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAY.

By JAMES FERGUSSON, D.C.L., F.R.S., M.R.A.S.,
FELLOW ROYAL INST. BRIT. ARCHITECTS,
&c. &c. &c.

Façade of Church at Tourmanin.

IN FIVE VOLUMES.—Vol. II.
THIRD EDITION.
Edited by R. PHENÉ SPIERS, F.S.A.,
FELLOW ROYAL INST. BRITISH ARCHITECTS.
LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET,
1893.
The right of Translation is reserved.
FERGUSSON’S ARCHITECTURE.
Third Edition, with 330 Illustrations, 2 vols., medium 8vo, 31s. 6d.
A HISTORY OF THE MODERN STYLES
OF ARCHITECTURE.
By the late JAMES FERGUSSON, F.R.S.
A New Edition, Revised and Enlarged. With a Special Account of
the Architecture of America.
By ROBERT KERR, Professor of Architecture at King’s College, London.
BY THE SAME.
New and Cheaper Edition, with 400 Illustrations, medium 8vo, 31s. 6d.
A HISTORY OF INDIAN AND EASTERN
ARCHITECTURE.
LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED,
STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.