CATALOGUE OF MODERN BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE, THEORETICAL, PRACTICAL, AND ORNAMENTAL; VIZ. BOOKS OF PLANS AND ELEVATIONS FOR COTTAGES, FARM-HOUSES, MANSIONS, &o. TEMPLES, BRIDGES, &c. OF ORNAMENTS FOR INTERNAL DECORATIONS, FOLIAGE FOR CARVERS, &c. ON PERSPECTIVE. BOOKS OF USE FOR CARPENTERS, BRICKLAYERS, AND WORKMEN IN GENERAL, &c. WHICH, WITH THE BEST ANCIENT AUTHORS, ARE CONSTANTLY on sale at ARCHITECTURAL LIBRARY, No. 59, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON. WHERE MAY BE HAD THE WORKS OF THE MOST CELEBRATED FRENCH ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS. THE HE Antiquities of Athens; measured and delineated, by James Stuart, F. R. S. and F. S. A. and Nicholas Revett, Painters and Architects, in three large Volumes Folio, Price 17. 175. in boards. The third Volume may be had separate to complete Sets. 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