The work is entitled Rules for drawing the several parts of architecture, in a more exact and easly manner than has been heretofore practiced, by which all Fractions, in dividing the principal members and their parts are avoided and is a second edition printed by W. Bowyer in 1736 in London. The detailed title indicates…
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Author: James Gibbs Pubblication date: London, 1736 I chose the first image for its interesting arrangement of characters, and the second for the precision and accuracy of the drawing. What particularly struck me about the physical book, apart from the colour of the cover which is very similar to a painting, was its ‘roughness’, very…