The Literature of Architecture: The Evolution of Architectural Theory and Practice in Nineteenth-century AmericaDon Gifford |
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List of Illustrations | 10 |
The Confluence of Ideas 18201865 | 63 |
From Query XV Notes on the State of Virginia | 74 |
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