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Asher Benjamin
Our Price$16.95
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Format: Book
ISBN: 0486258025
Page Count: 192
Dimensions: 8 3/8 x 11 1/4
The superbly illustrated and detailed handbook that popularized the use of classic Greek architectural style in America in the early and middle 1800s. 271 illustrations.

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