I qvattro libri dell'architettvra di Andrea Palladio : ne' quali, dopo un breue trattato de' cinque ordini, & di quelli auertimenti, che sono piu necessarij nel fabricare;
Andrea Palladio's four-book architectural treatise, printed in Venice by Domenico de' Franceschi in 1570 for builders, patrons, and students of the classical orders. The 347 woodcuts give measured plans, elevations, and sections of villas, palaces, temples, and bridges, with scale bars, dimension letters, cornice profiles, capitals, and small figures on balustrades — usable as line ornament, diagram, or architectural pattern.
