Die alder vermaertste antique edificien : vã temple, theatre, amphitheatre, paleisen, therme, obeliske, brugge, archetriuphal, etc. vescreueeñ gefigureert met haren grondede eñ mate oock de plaetsen daerse staen, eñ wiese dede make
Sebastiano Serlio's book on Roman antiquities, translated into Dutch and printed by Pieter Coecke van Aelst at Antwerp in 1546 for builders, masons and patrons north of the Alps. The woodcuts pair measured plans, elevations and sections of temples, theatres, baths and triumphal arches with large-scale profiles of cornices, bases and capitals, giving designers clean line work, keyed letters, coffered vaults and arcade geometry.
