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I had the great pleasure to view the book “Architectura de postium seu portalium” by Wendel Dietterlin. I chose the pages 114 and 116 but all pages looked great. The book was very stable and in impeccable condition, that’s what impressed me the most. Overall it was a great experience. Laisa Bispo Student number: 19-735-414

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François Blondel – Nouvelle maniere de fortifier les places (1686) I chose these two pages because I liked the illustrations and how they introduce the second part of the book. I was surprised about the size of the book as I expected it to be larger than 17cm.

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Giovanni Poleni – “Exercitationes Vitruvianae” These are the digital versions of the two pages I chose. I liked how the author divided the different paragraphs of the first page and the second page I chose because of the big “I” on the left side of the page. It reminded me of a scene in a…

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Enea Arnaldi – “Delle Basiliche Antiche” I found this plan of some sort of basilica very interesting, in particular how orderly and proportional all the architectural elements line up. Furthermore, this page also caught my attention as different proportions are listed for various elements. The book overall was about the size of an A4 sheet,…

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I chose the two pages above because I find these drawing incredible, especially considering the time the book was written (1612).