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PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE. 13
independently of their scientific merit, a
very strong claim to the attention of the
classical traveller, from the numberless ex-
tracts from the ancients, and particularly
the poets, introduced with art, and fre-
quently illustrated with elegance.
ARCHITECTURE.
V. As Italy possesses some of the most
perfect monuments of antiquity now re-
maining, Res antiques laudis et artis, as
well as the most splendid productions of
modern genius in Architecture, Sculpture,
and Painting, it is absolutely necessary to
acquire a general knowledge of the prin-
ciples of these three great arts.
With regard to Architecture, Dean Al-
drich's Elements, translated by Mr. Smyth
of New College, is a very clear and con-
cise treatise on the general principles, pro-
independently of their scientific merit, a
very strong claim to the attention of the
classical traveller, from the numberless ex-
tracts from the ancients, and particularly
the poets, introduced with art, and fre-
quently illustrated with elegance.
ARCHITECTURE.
V. As Italy possesses some of the most
perfect monuments of antiquity now re-
maining, Res antiques laudis et artis, as
well as the most splendid productions of
modern genius in Architecture, Sculpture,
and Painting, it is absolutely necessary to
acquire a general knowledge of the prin-
ciples of these three great arts.
With regard to Architecture, Dean Al-
drich's Elements, translated by Mr. Smyth
of New College, is a very clear and con-
cise treatise on the general principles, pro-