Castles of the Western World: With 240 Illustrations (Dover Architecture)
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ISBN: 0486423328 / Publisher: Dover Publications, December 2002
Exhaustive, painstakingly researched study of more than 200 ancient structures ? from temples, palaces, and walls of ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, to lavish palaces built in Italy, France, England, Germany, Austria, and Scandinavia.
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A survey of edifices from Egyptian temples to French palaces, placing the architectural features in historical context. The photographs, drawings, and floor plans are in black and white. Thames and Hudson published the 1958 translation by R. P. Girdwood of the German edition published the same year by Anton Schroll and Co. Vienna. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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