An History of the Origin and Establishment of Gothic Architecture (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from An History of the Origin and Establishment of Gothic ArchitectureFrom the delay, if it merits the name, because it was dictated not by negligence but necessity, and took place in Opposition to the inclination of the author, no injury, but, on the contrary, considerable advantage, has arisen, asthe subject has been at no time aban doned, and the pause in its progress has afforded the means of acquiring, by degress, a variety of intelli gence which could not before he obtained. The cir cumstances which led to the separation of this from the book in which it 'was originally intended to have been introduced have also been no less beneficial, by render ing this an independent publication, and permitting it to, be now conducted on a much more extensive and complete plan, with an increased number of plates, eleven instead of four, and with greater attention to the recommendation of style than could have been al lowed in the verylirnited and circumscribed space ori ginally assigned to it.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.