David Canter and Laurence Alison
Ashgate
Paperback
344
2000
This volume opens with the reproduction of some of the most significant 17th-century writings on architecture: Francis Bacon?»s 2 essays ?«Of Building?» and ?«Of Gardens?» (1597-1625) and Sir Henry Wotton?»s treatise ?«The Elements of Architecture?» (1623). These writings provide a useful introduction to the manner in which architecture and related subjects were viewed in the following century.