Architectural Vocabulary: Scientific Analysis Principles Vol. 2/2

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Collective work (Ministry of Cultural Affairs). Vocabulaire de l'architecture. Principes d'analyse scientifique. National Printing House, Paris, 1972. First volume: 234 pp.; second volume of illustrations unpaginated (approx. 350 pp.). Format: 22×30.5 cm. General Inventory of Monuments and Artistic Treasures of France. Published under the aegis of the National Commission for establishing the general inventory of monuments and artistic treasures of France. Contents: I. Vocabulary common to all buildings: General vocabulary; divisions; stone and earth construction; wood and iron construction. II. Vocabulary of different building parts: foundations and floors; walls, railings and enclosures; openings; supports and stability elements; ceiling systems; roofing; architectural decoration. III. Vocabulary specific to certain buildings: urbanism; religious and monastic architecture; commemorative, votive and funerary architecture; public architecture; private architecture; military architecture; civil engineering; garden and water architecture. Alphabetical index. Pleasant copy.