A Collection Of The Most Approved Examples of Doorways, From Ancient Buildings In Greece And Italy, Expressly Measured And Delineated For This Work, Preceded By An Essay On The Usages Of The Ancients Respecting Doorways ; A New Translation Of The Chapter Of Vitruvius On The Subject, With The Original Text Taken from An Ancient And Valuable M.S. In The British Museum; And Copious Descriptions Of The Plates : By Thomas Leverton Donaldson, Architect; Member of the Academy of St. Luke at Rome ; Corresponding Member of the Academies of Fine Arts at Venice and Milan ; and Academic Professor of the First Class of the Academy at Florence ; Author of the Folio Work on Pompeii ; Contributor to the Supplementary Volume of the Antiquities of Athens, &c., &c. [1-line motto from Diedo, Le Fabbriche di Venezia del Conte Cicognara.]
London: Published By Bossange, Barthès And Lowell, 14, Great Marlborough Street; And By The Author, 7, Hart Street, Bloomsbury Square; And May Be Had Of All Respectable Booksellers, 1833
In three chapters: I. The Customs and Usages of the Ancients; II. The Original Text of that Part of the Fourth Book of Vitruvius on Architecture, Relating to Doorways [Lib. IV, chap. 6]; III. Description of the Plates. The British Museum manuscript of Vitruvius used by Donaldson is Harleian Manuscript no. 2767 (now in the British Library).
Binding Note
Spine title lettered in gold, 'Donaldson on Doorways'. Bound with one other work.