Architecture Humismatica, Or, Architectural Medals of Classic Antiquity

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Excerpt from Architecture Humismatica, Or, Architectural Medals of Classic Antiquity: Illustrated and Explained by Comparison With the Monuments and the Descriptions of Ancient Authors, and Copious Text, One Hundred Lithographs and HundredAmong the questions upon architecture, suggested in the pamphlet issued by the Royal Institute of British Architects in the year 1836, and addressed to cor respondents and travellers for their direction, occurs the following sentence Another source of informa tion is ancient coins and medals, which frequently represent upon the reverse some building, the erection of which they are designed to commemorate. Series of these have been chronologically arranged at Rome and sold in sets. From them Piranesi and other architectural writers have derived authority for the restoration of many ancient buildings.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.