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Subject Terms Curiosities and wonders -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800.

1. A plan of civil and historical architecture, in the representation of the most noted buildings of foreign nations, both ancient and modern : taken from the most approv'd historians, original medals, remarkable ruins, and curious authentick designs; and display'd in eighty-six double folio-plates, finely engraven : at a very great expence, by the most eminent hands : divided into five books : ... / all drawn with excellent skill, and the utmost diligence by Mr. John Bernhard Fischer, of Erlach ... ; first published at Leipzig, with the explanations of all the plates, in German and French, out of the best ancient and modern writers; and now faithfully translated into English, with large additional notes, by Thomas Lediard, Esq. ...

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Creator:: Fischer von Erlach, Johann Bernhard, 1656–1723
Date:: MDCCXXXVII [1737]
Physical Description:: [4], 28 pages, [86] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 41 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts