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VITRUVIUS

THE TEN BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE

TRANSLATED BYMORRIS HICKY MORGAN, PH.D., LL.D.LATE PROFESSOR OF CLASSICAL PHILOLOGYIN HARVARD UNIVERSITY

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND ORIGINAL DESIGNSPREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF

HERBERT LANGFORD WARREN, A.M.

NELSON ROBINSON JR. PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE

IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY

CAMBRIDGE

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HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS

LONDON: HUMPHREY MILFORDOXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS1914

COPYRIGHT, HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

INDEX

PREFACE

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CONTENTS

BOOK I

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