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The book is divided into two main parts: one part is with only text and the other part with illustrations of the buildings. The second page I have chosen is an example from the „text-part“, a reflection.
I was a little bit amused by how many quotations have been used in this book. Two of these quotations are also on this page: one of them is a quote of Homer in the original language. This suggests that this book is only written for people with a high level of education and good incomes. This becomes clear because only rich people could read, have learned the Latin language and were able to build themselves a villa or a castle.
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The book is divided into two main parts: one part is with only text and the other part with illustrations of the buildings. The second page I have chosen is an example from the „text-part“, a reflection.
I was a little bit amused by how many quotations have been used in this book. Two of these quotations are also on this page: one of them is a quote of Homer in the original language. This suggests that this book is only written for people with a high level of education and good incomes. This becomes clear because only rich people could read, have learned the Latin language and were able to build themselves a villa or a castle.
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This page is the first page from the illustration-part. Here we see two examples of different designs of villas.