American Journal of Archaeology: The Journal of the Archaeological Institute of AmericaMacmillan Company, 1927 - Archaeology |
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Page 245 - Roman Architecture and Its Principles of Construction under the Empire, -with an Appendix on the Evolution of the Dome up to the XV 1 1th Century (1925, reprinted 1972; 313 pp.; $50.00), translated from the Italian by G.
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