L'architettvra
Cosimo Bartoli's Italian translation of Leon Battista Alberti's De re aedificatoria, printed in Venice by Francesco Franceschi in 1565 for architects, builders and patrons reading in the vernacular. The 109 woodcuts are measured plans, sections and details drawn in fine line: hatched wall masses, apsed and colonnaded interiors, arches, column orders, coursed ashlar and entablature profiles, usable as line diagrams, geometric pattern and architectural ornament.
