L'architecture de Philibert de l'Orme, cõseillier & aumosnier ordinaire du roy, & abbé de S. Serge lez Angiers
A French architectural treatise by Philibert de l'Orme, royal architect to Henri II, printed in Paris in 1576 for builders, masons and patrons commissioning stone construction. The woodcuts are measured line diagrams of cornices, bases, column capitals, door surrounds and carved ornament, many with scale rules and reference letters, giving designers clean profiles, acanthus and egg-and-dart bands, and rule-marked drawing conventions.
