Excerpt from A History of Architectural Development, Vol. 1 of 3In the two volumes to follow, such examination will not be so essential, as there is a vast difference between treating of architectural art extending over 5000 years, and of the art Of the succeeding 800. The second volume will deal with Romanesque and Mediaeval Architecture throughout Europe, and the third with the Renaissance.In order to be able to speak from personal experience of the buildings, etc., referred to in this book, I have made several tours, visiting Italy, Sicily, Greece, Turkey, and Asia Minor. Egypt, Assyria and Persia I have not seen, and for the descriptions Of the work there, I am indebted to books and photographs.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.