A Treatise on the Decorative Part of Civil Architecture: Illustrated by Fifty Original and Three Additional Plates (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A Treatise on the Decorative Part of Civil Architecture: Illustrated by Fifty Original and Three Additional PlatesArchitecture then fmooths the way for commerce; {he forms commodious roads through marlhes or other grounds naturally impraaicable, fills up vallies, unites, or levels mountains; throws bridges over deep or rapid waters, turns alide or deadens the fury of torrents _conftruéts canals of navigation, builds fhips, and contrives ports for their fecure reception in the hour of danger: facilitating thus, the intercourfe of nations, the conveyance of merchandize from people to people.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.