Alberti, Leone Battista, Architecture, 1755

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              <s>The TABLE of CONTENTS.</s>
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            <p type="head">
              <s>BOOK I.</s>
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              <s>CHAP. I.
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              Of Deſigns; their Value and Rules.
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              <s>CHAP. II.
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              Of the firſt Occaſion of erecting Edifices;
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              of how many Parts the Art of Building conſiſts, and
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              what is neceſſary to each of thoſe Parts.
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              <s>CHAP. III.
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              Of the Region of the Climate or Air, of the
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              Sun and Winds which affect the Air.
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              <s>CHAP. IV.
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              Which Region is, and which is not commodi­
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              ous for Building.
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              <s>CHAP. V.
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              By what Marks and Characters we are to
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              know the Goodneſs of the Region.
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              <s>CHAP. VI.
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              Of ſome hidden Conveniencies and Inccnveni­
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              encies of the Region which a wiſe Man ought to enquire
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              into.
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              <s>CHAP. VII.
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              Of the Seat, or Platform, and of the ſeveral
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              Sorts of Lines.
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              <s>CHAP. VIII.
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              Of the Kinds of Platforms, their Forms and
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              Figures, and which are the moſt ſerviceable and laſting.
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              <s>CHAP. IX.
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              Of the Compartition, and of the Origin of
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              Building.
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              <s>CHAP. X.
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              Of the Columns and Walls, and ſome Obſerva­
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              tions relating to the Columns.
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              <s>CHAP. XI.
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              Of the great Uſefulneſs of the Coverings both
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              to the Inhabitants and the other Parts of the Building,
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              and that being various in their Natures, they muſt be
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              made of various Sorts.
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              <s>CHAP. XII.
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              Of the Apertures in the Building, that is to
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              ſay, of the Windows and Doors, and of thoſe which do
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              not take up the whole Thickneſs of the Wall, and their
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              Number and Sizes.
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              <s>CHAP. XIII.
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              Of the Stair-caſes, and their different Sorts;
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              of Steps of the Stairs which ought to be in odd Numbers,
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              and how many. </s>
              <s>Of the Reſting-places, of the Tunnels
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              for carrying away the Smoke. </s>
              <s>Of Pipes and Conduits
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              for carrying off the Water, and of the proper placing of
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              Wells and Sinks.
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              <s>BOOK II.</s>
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              <s>CHAP. I.
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              Treating of the Materials. </s>
              <s>That no Man
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              ought to begin a Building haſtily, but ſhould
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              firſt take a good deal of Time to conſider, and revolve in
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              his Mind all the Qualities and Requiſites of ſuch a Work:
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              And that he ſhould carefully review and examine, with
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              the Advice of proper Judges, the whole Structure in it­
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              ſelf, and the Proportions and Meaſures of every diſtinct
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              Part, not only in Draughts or Paintings, but in actual
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              Models of Wood or ſome other Subſtance, that when he
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              has finiſhed his Building, he may not repent of his Labour.
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            <p type="main">
              <s>CHAP. II.
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              That we ought to undertake nothing above our
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              Abilities, nor ſtrive againſt Nature, and that we ought
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              alſo not only to conſider what we can do, but what is fit
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              for us to do, and in what Place it is that we are to build.
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              <s>CHAP. III.
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              That having conſidered the whole Diſpoſition
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              of the Building in all the Parts of the Model, we ought
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              to take the Advice of prudent and underſtanding Men,
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              and before we begin our Work, it will not only be proper
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              to know how to raiſe Money for the Expence, but alſo
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              long before-hand to provide all the Materials for com­
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              pleating ſuch an Undertaking.
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              <s>CHAP. IV.
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              What Materials are to be provided for the
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              Building, what Workmen to be choſe, and in what Sea­
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              ſons, according to the Opinions of the Ancients, to cut
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              Timber.
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              <s>CHAP. V.
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              Of preſerving the Trees after they are cut,
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              what to plaiſter or anoint them with, of the Remedies
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              againſt their Infirmities, and of allotting them their pro­
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              per Places in the Building.
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              <s>CHAP. VI.
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              What Woods are moſt proper for Buildings,
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              their Nature and Uſes, how they are to be employed, and
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              in what Part of the Edifice each Kind is moſt fit for.
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              <s>CHAP. VII.
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              Of Trees more ſummarily and in general.
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              <s>CHAP. VIII.
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              Of Stones in general, when they are to be
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              dug, and when uſed; which are the ſofteſt and which
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              the hardeſt, and which beſt and moſt durable.
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              <s>CHAP. IX.
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              Some Things worthy memorial, relating to
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              Stones, left us by the Ancients.
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              <s>CHAP. X.
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              Of the Origin of the Uſe of Bricks, in what
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              Seaſon they ought to be made, and in what Shapes, their
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              different Sorts, and the Uſefulneſs of triangular ones;
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              and briefly, of all other Works made of baked Earth.
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              <s>CHAP. XI.
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              Of the Nature of Lime and Plaiſter of
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              Paris,
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              their Uſes and Kinds, wherein they agree and wherein
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              they differ, and of ſome Things not unworthy of Memory.
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              <s>CHAP. XII.
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              Of the three different Kinds of Sands, and of the
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              various Materials uſed in Building in different Places.
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              <s>CHAP. XIII.
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              Whether the Obſervation of Times and Sea­
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              ſons is of any Uſe in beginning a Building; what Sea­
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              ſon is moſt convenient; as alſo, with what Auguries or
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              Prayers we ought to ſet out upon our Work.
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              <s>BOOK III.</s>
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              <s>CHAP. I.
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              Of the Work. </s>
              <s>Wherein lies the Buſineſs of
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              the Work; the different Parts of the Walls,
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              and what they require. </s>
              <s>That the Foundation is no Part
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              of the Wall; what Soil makes the beſt Foundation.
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              <s>CHAP. II.
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              That the Foundation chiefly is to be marked out
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              with Lines; and by what Tokens we may know the
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              Goodneſs of the Ground.
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              <s>CHAP. III.
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              That the Nature of Places is various, and
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              therefore we ought not to truſt any Place too haſtily, till
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              we have firſt dug Wells or Reſervoirs; but that in marſhy
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              Places we muſt make our Foundation with Piles burnt
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              at the Ends, and driven in with their Heads downward
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              with light Beetles, and many repeated Blows, till they
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              are driven quite in to the Head.
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              <s>CHAP. IV.
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              Of the Nature, Forms and Qualities of Stones,
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              and of the Tempering of Mortar.
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              <s>CHAP. V.
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              Of the lower Courſes or Foundations, accord­
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              ing to the Precepts and Example of the Ancients.
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              <s>CHAP. VI.
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              That there ought to be Vents left open in
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              thick Walls from the Bottom to the Top, the Difference
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              between the Wall and the Foundation: The principal
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              Parts of the Wall; the three Methods of Wailing; the
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              Materials and Form of the firſt Courſe or Layer.
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              <s>CHAP. VII.
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              Of the Generation of Stones: How they are
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              to be diſpoſed and joined together, as alſo, which are the
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              ſtrongeſt and which the weakeſt.
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              <s>CHAP. VIII.
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              Of the Parts of the Finiſhing; of the Shells,
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              the Stuffing, and their different Sorts.
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              <s>CHAP. IX.
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              Of the Girders of Stone, of the Ligament and
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              Fortification of the Cornices, and how to unite ſeveral
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              Stones for the Strengthening of the Wall.
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              </s>
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              <s>CHAP. X.
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              Of the true Manner of Working the Wall,
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              and of the Agreement there is between Stone and Sand.
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              <s>CHAP. XI.
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              Of the Way of Working different Materials;
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              of Plaiſtering, of Cramps, and how to preſerve them;
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              </s>
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