In M. Vitruvium De architectura annotationes Guilielmi Philandri : compluribus, iisque novis, & non minus utilibus quàm necessariis figuris exornatae : cum indicibus Graeco & Latino locupletissimis
This is a 1557 scholarly commentary by Guillaume Philandrier on Vitruvius's treatise on architecture, printed by the ex officina Stellae for readers of classical building theory. Its woodcut figures show architectural orders, column bases, and capitals drawn in plain, measured detail, and a designer can take from them the clear method of breaking classical elements into profiles, mouldings, and ornamental parts for study.




















































