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published their ‘Volumes 4 & 5’ (79 and 75 plates). They discounted
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Buildings were shown in plan, section and elevation, and some in a bird's-eye perspective. The drawings and designs contained in the book were under way before
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in London and set out to place himself at the centre of
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Drawings Collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects: Colen Campbell, John Harris 1973, Gregg International Publishers Ltd
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appeared in three volumes between 1715 and 1725. This was the first architectural work to originate in
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