The First Book of Architecture (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The First Book of Architecture And fuch Piecer no I here prefent, the Reader cannot think unfeafonahle, none that a new and great City ioto he built, wherein/the King having ¿oownhio particular care of keeping the Trade in it: former channel, by fixing the Exchange, cuptom-boulé, @c.' on their old foundations and the Lame having provided for fuch a may of huilding, aotnay jayn together (what our Au? Thor require, to he ohferved by every undertaker) accomodatiofi, hand lomnefé, and Laflingnefé, and prevent that deformity and danger which we have formerly been liahle to )b y Irregular and fli ght buildingo', narrow Streetr, intollerahlé encroach menu, jettingo of mindomo, and what not, that tnighttnalze itconzhugihle. Ihope now both old and young ire/ill rejoyce at the re-hui of London, a fecond happy re¿oration, iom only to that of hie Maje¿iec Perfon and Govern ment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.