Physical description; xx, 763 pp., illustrations (some color), 29 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-488) and index. Contents; pt. 1. The intellectual preparation. 1. Architectural discourse from Wotton to Sandby. 2. Soane's relations with the Royal Academy. 3. First principles and the myth of origin. 4. The architecture of character and sensation. 5. The symbolical language of antiquity -- pt. 2. The Royal Academy Lectures. 6. Analysis of the lectures. 7. Soane and his lecture illustrations. 8. The relation between Soane's ideas and his architecture -- App. 1 List of illustrations to Sandby's lectures at the Royal Academy -- App. 2 List of Soane's lecture illustrations at the Royal Academy /Margaret Richardson and David Watkin -- App. 3 Soane on his design for a roy.