Download or read book An Historical Inquiry Into the True Principles of Beauty in Art, More Especially With Reference to Architecture, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by James Fergusson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Historical Inquiry Into the True Principles of Beauty in Art, More Especially With Reference to Architecture, Vol. 1 IT is not often, I believe, that an author has presented his work to the public 80 fully impressed as I am with his own inability to do justice to so ambitious a task as he has undertaken, and, consequently, so fully aware of the many defects that must exist in the mode in which it has been carried out. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.