The standard English textbook of the orders for a century: a judicious comparison of the ancient buildings and the Renaissance authorities, with Chambers’ own recommended proportions.
Chambers, architect of Somerset House and tutor in architecture to the future George III, gathered the tables of Vitruvius, Palladio, Scamozzi and Vignola, set them against the Roman remains, and proposed a reasoned middle course. His book was reissued into the nineteenth century and taught generations of British architects.
The book, part by part
I The orders compared
Comparative tables of the orders by each authority; Chambers’ own proportions; doors, windows, chimney-pieces, ceilings.