Architectvra, oder, Bauung der Antiquen auss dem Vitruuius : woellches sein funff Collummen orden, daer auss mann alle Landts gebreuch vonn Bauuen zu accommodierē : dienstlich fur alle Bawmaystren Maurrer, Stainmetzlen, Schreineren, Bildtshneidren, vnd alle Liebhabernn der Architecturen
A German-language pattern book of the five classical orders after Vitruvius, designed by Hans Vredeman de Vries and printed by Gerard de Jode in Antwerp in 1582 for masons, carpenters, joiners, carvers and building masters. The plates are line-engraved facade elevations and doorway studies, here faint and offset against wide blank margins, giving arcades, rusticated portals, tiered window bays and roofline urns that can be lifted as outline ornament or architectural framing.








































