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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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Colen Campbell
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(1676–1729)
Architect who published Vitruvius Britannicus (3 vols, 1715–25), consisting of 100 engraved elevations of British buildings in the classical style. It was he who first interested Lord *Burlington in *Palladianism. The most imposing of his own buildings is *Houghton Hall.
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