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DEDICATI ON Listof Subscribers Prefac e to thi s Edi tion Life of Sir Willi am Chambers Of the Elements of Beauty i n Archi te cture Of the Origin of Grecian Archi te cture Of the Progress an d Perfection of Gre cian Archi tecture D edi ca tion to the Thi rd Edition Preface to the Third Edi tion Introduction Of the Origin an d Progress of Buildi ng Of the Parts whi h om ose th e Orders of Ar hi te t re an d of c c p c c u , their Pro erties A li ation an d Enri hments p , pp c , c Of the Orders of Archi te cture in gen eral Of the Tus can Order Of the Doric Order Of the Ioni c Order Of the Composite Order Of the Corinthi an Order Of Pilasters Of P ersian s an d Caryatides Of Pede stals Of the Appli ca tion of the Orders of Architecture Of In tercolum ni ation s Of Arca des an d Arches Of Orders above Orders Of Basements an d Attics Of Pedi m en ts Of Balustra des Of ates Doors an d iers G , , P Of Win dows Of N iches an d Statues. iv CON TEN TS . 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