Author: Russell SturgisPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780365019558
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
Excerpt from A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Vol. 3 of 3: Biographical, Historical, and Descriptive The editor cannot close this synopsis of the work of several busy years without renewing his thanks to the contributors who have seconded him so cheerfully. The scheme of the Dictionary has never been disturbed or made difficult by any unwillingness on their part to conform to it. To one who thinks with the present writer that there is no evidence of thorough mastery of a subject more complete than a perfect willingness to present that subject in the form required by a special occasion, - than the absence of intellectual rigidity and a flexibility of spirit such as comes only from long-continued mental exercise, the evidence thus afl'orded of the unique merit of the Dictionary's staff of contributors is most complete and convincing. 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.