among the many books on practical construction and draftmanship written by fred t hodgson is this pattern book of euroese columnstyle architecture.
not the only nor first collection and comparison of the orders as envisioned by the best architects and surveyors.
as in other compilations this book attempts to reach perfection through a selection of the orders and their usage as collected from highly regarded classicists and their followers.
hodgson included some notes and essays on what he terms the phases of classical architecture.
the text is available through the invaluable archive.org library and can be read with the plates online, or the text without plates can be downloaded for off line reading.
Posted with Blogsy