This book has no good explanations, details, or real information whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at. Librivox recording of ten books on architecture by marcus vitruvius pollio, translated by morris hicky morgan. Claude perrault 77 from the ten books of architecture of vitruvius, second.
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