PENROSE, Francis Cranmer. An Investigationof the Principles of Athenian Architecture, London, W. Nicol, 1851, lge. 2°, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece, 35 edition plates, one folding, and 5 mounted chromolithographs (occasional spotting), contemporary cloth-backed boards (spine torn at joints and slightly holed, edges bumped) [Blackmer 1283] -- INWOOD, Henry William. The Erechtheion at Athens, London, William Nicol and John Williams, 1831, lge. 2°, second edition, 34 engraved plates, 6 folding or double-page, contemporary half calf (worn). [cf. Blackmer 856; Lowndes 1163] (2)

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PENROSE, Francis Cranmer. An Investigationof the Principles of Athenian Architecture, London, W. Nicol, 1851, lge. 2°, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece, 35 edition plates, one folding, and 5 mounted chromolithographs (occasional spotting), contemporary cloth-backed boards (spine torn at joints and slightly holed, edges bumped) [Blackmer 1283] -- INWOOD, Henry William. The Erechtheion at Athens, London, William Nicol and John Williams, 1831, lge. 2°, second edition, 34 engraved plates, 6 folding or double-page, contemporary half calf (worn). [cf. Blackmer 856; Lowndes 1163] (2)

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Blackmer on Penrose: "[He produced] exhaustive and minutely accurate measurements which proved Pennethorne's theories about the curved refinements and optical corrections used in Greek architecture."

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