Excerpt from An Essay on the Roman Villas of the Augustan Age, Their Architectural Disposition and Enrichments: And on the Remains of the Roman Domestic Edifices Discovered in Great BritainIt was written as an introductory chapter, with a desire of completing a History of Domestic Architecture, a de sign which will not be relinquished, should the following pages meet with sufficient patronage to induce the author to proceed with his intention. In this spemes of composition, the labour of authenticating facts becomes a pleasure, and his next subj ect will be an attempt to illustrate the Baronial Castles of England, in cdntinuation of the history.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.