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Albany Historical Society Inc > Records

SACRED ARCHITECTURE, ITS RISE, PROGRESS, AND PRESENT STATE

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1845

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Brown hard cover with leather corners and spine. Sacred Architecture embracing the Babylonian, Indian, Egyptian, Greek, and Roman Temples, - the Byzantine, Saxon Lombard, Norman, and Italian Churches, with an analytical inquiry into the origin, progress, and perfection of the gothic churches in England, and Practical Directions for Restoring these Dilapidated Christian Edifices. Illustrated with Sixty-Three Plates, showing the progressive character of the various styles of sacred architecture. Glossary of terms, and elements of Church Design. 304 pages, preface, contents pages & introductory history i - xxxvi, fronticepiece, ' There was no House built to the name of the Lord until the Days of Solomon' I Kings Chap III Ver. 2. Written on front end paper ' Presented to the Albany Historical Society' . No name.

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cwa-org-51-B2010.49

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BROWN, Richard Esq.

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Church Architecture

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Church Architecture

Albany Historical Society Inc

Albany Historical Society Inc

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