Tractatus de stylometris sive instrumentis : quibus quinque ordines architecturae methodo qua facilior inveniri nequit, expeditius et accuratius longe quam ullo proportionatorio in modica et maiuscula forma designantur
A 1661 Latin treatise by Nikolaus Goldmann, published by the author, setting out instruments for drawing the five classical architectural orders with precise geometric methods for scholars and builders. The plates are measured architectural construction drawings in fine line: column bases, cornice profiles, rosettes and coffered panels laid out over dashed guidelines and numbered module marks. A designer could take from them the clean geometry of classical moldings and the scaffolding of proportional grids used to lay out ornament.
