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  • A treatise of the five orders in architecture : to which is annex'd, A discourse concerning pilasters, and of several abuses introduc'd into architecture / written in French by Claude Perrault ... and made English by John James of Greenwich.

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    • London : Printed for J. Senex and R. Gosling ..., W. Taylor ..., W. and J. Innys ..., and J. Osborn ..., 1722.
    • 1722
    • 1 Item
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    Text MQM+ (Perrault, C. Treatise)Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300

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  • Rules and examples of perspective, proper for painters and architects, etc. In English and Latin ... by ... Andrea Pozzo. Engraven in 105 ample folio plates, and adorn'd with 200 initial letters to the explanatory discourses: printed from copper-plates on ye best paper, by John Sturt. Done into English from the original printed at Rome 1693 in Lat. and Ital. by Mr. John James of Greenwich.

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    • London, Printed by B. Motte, sold by J. Sturt, 1707.
    • 1707
    • 1 Item

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    Text MBF++ (Pozzo, A. Rules and examples of perspective)Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300

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  • The theory and practice of gardening: wherein is fully handled all that relates to fine gardens, commonly called pleasure-gardens, as parterres, groves, bowling-greens &c. ... Together with remarks and general rules in all that concerns the art of gardening. Done from the French original, printed at Paris, anno 1709. By John James.

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    • London, Printed by G. James, 1712.
    • 1712
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text MSD (Dezallier d'Argenville, A. J. Theory and practice of gardening)Offsite
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  • The Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich, 1674-1728 / original drawings by Sir Christopher Wren, Sir John Vanbrugh, Nicholas Hawksmoor, John James, from the collections at the Bodleian, All Souls College, Worcester College, Sir John Soane's Museum, Royal Naval Museum, Greenwich, R.I.B.A. Library ...

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    • Oxford : Printed for the Wren Society at the University Press, 1929.
    • 1929
    • 1 Item
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    Text AA542 W92 v.6Off-site
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