AN HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS EXTRACTED FROM WILKINS'S TRANSLATION OF VITRUVIUS, TO WHICH THIS LONDON: JOHN WEALE, 59, HIGH HOLBORN. 9-6-35/3 2 ADVERTISEMENT. THIRTY-FIVE years ago I purchased of the late William Wilkins, Esq., the copyright and copies of his translation of the four books of Vitruvius's Civil Architecture, to which is attached an Inquiry into the Principles of Beauty in Grecian Architecture, written for this work by the Right Hon. the Earl of Aberdeen. This introduction was printed and published separately through another publisher, and although this separate publication was at that time injurious to my interest, yet I did not complain, knowing the great value of the Inquiry to the public as a work on art, and its issue being made in a convenient form for the use of those admiring classic art. The publication of this separate inquiry being seven shillings, much too high in price for purchase by the numerous students desirous of the study of it, I have been induced to add it to my series in a shilling volume, first apprising the noble author of my intention of doing so, and asking for any suggestion his Lordship might be disposed to make; but receiving no reply, it is presumed that none can be made; and as I have had it carefully read in its passing through the press, it is anticipated that it will be found correct, and that it will moreover, from its very convenient size and price, be well received by all admirers of Grecian Architecture. No. 59, HIGH HOLBORN. JOHN WEALE. |
