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NOT ONLY ARCHITECTURE, BUT ALSO PURE ENGINEERINGFIRST EDITION. 4to, pp. [8], 366, final blank. Roman letter, some Italic. Woodcut initials, profusely illustrated with beautiful woodcuts in the text, of different sizes. 2 folding plates. 1st title within fretwork border followed by dedicatory leaf and second title within architectural border. Full-page woodcut portrait of the author within oval to verso of 4th leaf from beginning. Each of the 5 books introduced by individual engraved t-ps showing magnificent architectural frames. Occasional light browning, small repairs to outer margin of initial leaf, rebacked, front endpaper renewed. Contemporary vellum, sprinkled fore-edges, title handwritten to spine. A very good, complete, and unsophisticated copy of this marvellous illustrated book."Capra does not consider architecture as the art of building but as a science with a strong engineering aspect. In his work he provides the embryonic theoretical distinction between architecture and building. The… Read More