. Letters of an architect, from France, Italy, and Greece. 3 3125 01360 2913. LETTERS OF AN ARCHITECT, FROM FRANCE, ITALY, AND GREECE. BY JOSEPH WOODS, AND CORRESPONDING MEMBEROF THE SOCIETY OF GEORGOFILI AT FLORENCE. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: PRINTED FOR JOHN AND ARTHUR ARCH, 61, J. MCreery, Tooks Court,ChaDcerylaDe, LondoD. PREFACE. Many books of travels in the south of Europe have been pub-lished; some of them written by men of talents and information,who were attached to the fine arts, and to architecture as one ofthem; and many professional works
. Letters of an architect, from France, Italy, and Greece. 3 3125 01360 2913. LETTERS OF AN ARCHITECT, FROM FRANCE, ITALY, AND GREECE. BY JOSEPH WOODS, AND CORRESPONDING MEMBEROF THE SOCIETY OF GEORGOFILI AT FLORENCE. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: PRINTED FOR JOHN AND ARTHUR ARCH, 61, J. MCreery, Tooks Court,ChaDcerylaDe, LondoD. PREFACE. Many books of travels in the south of Europe have been pub-lished; some of them written by men of talents and information,who were attached to the fine arts, and to architecture as one ofthem; and many professional works treating on the architectureof Italy and Greece, of greater or less excellence, have been givento the world; but I do not know that there is any one in whichthe author, after examining the most celebrated edifices of ancientand modern times, endeavours to explain to what circumstancesthey owe their power of pleasing; and what are to be consideredas defects, tending to diminish that power. The subject has beenslightly and incidentally touched upon by more than one travel-lelettersarchitect01wood
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