Elementa architecturae civilis ad Vitruvii veterumque disciplinam, et recentiorum praesertim a Palladii exempla probatiora concinnata
Elementa architecturae civilis is a 1789 Latin architectural treatise compiled by Philip Smyth and Henry Aldrich, printed at Oxford for sale by Prince and Cooke, and drawing on Vitruvius and Palladio for students of classical building. Its plates show measured engraved drawings of Corinthian and Doric column orders with profiles, mouldings, coffered ceilings and a spiral stair in section, giving a designer precise classical proportions and ornament to adapt for borders, capitals and architectural framing.
