The Ancient Architecture of England

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The Ancient Architecture of England

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…was John Carter, author of The Ancient Architecture of England (1795 and 1807), in which Gothic details were more faithfully and accurately recorded than in any earlier publication. Thomas Rickman designated the various styles of medieval architecture in An Attempt to Discriminate the Styles of English Architecture (1817), and the…
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…was John Carter, author of The Ancient Architecture of England (1795 and 1807), in which Gothic details were more faithfully and accurately recorded than in any earlier publication. Thomas Rickman designated the various styles of medieval architecture in An Attempt to Discriminate the Styles of English Architecture (1817), and the…
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