RUDIMENTARY
ARCHITECTURE:
FOR
THE USE OF BEGINNERS.


THE ORDERS,

AND THEIR ÆSTHETIC PRINCIPLES.


BY

W. H. LEEDS, ESQ.


London:

JOHN WEALE,

ARCHITECTURAL LIBRARY, 59, HIGH HOLBORN.

M.DCCC.XLVIII.


CONTENTS.

PAGE
The Orders generally[ 3]
First Order:Ancient Doric[14]
Modern Do.[25]
Tuscan[28]
Second, or Voluted-capital, Order:Greek Ionic[30]
Roman and Modern  [46]
Third, or Foliaged-capital Order:Corinthian[53]
Composite[62]
Columniation: Forms and Denominations
of Temples and Porticoes [68]
Intercolumniation[77]
Glossarial Index[82]