De architectura Iacobi Androuetii du Cerceau, opus : quo descriptae sunt aedificiorum quinquaginta planè dissimilium ichnographiae, in omnium non modò potentiorum, sed etiam mediocrium & tenuiorum gratia[m], quos aedificandi studium oblectat: adiunctâ vsus & commoditatis in habitationibus singulis expositione, vnà cum integra cuisque aedificij dimensione. Hûc accedit breuis explicatio de structurarum, quibus aedifica constant, dimensione per orgyiam, que Gallica est architectorum mensura, sex longa pedes: quâ certè methodo nemo non aedificia quaevis metiri, & futuri in aedificando sumptus rationem secum inire poterit ..

Androuet du Cerceau, Jacques, active 1549-1584 · 1559 · Lutetiae Parisiorum : [E typographia Benedicti Praeuotij] · 45 pictures

De architectura is a 1559 Paris architectural treatise by Jacques Androuet du Cerceau, printed by Benedictus Prevotius for patrons and builders of country houses, from the great to the modest. Its plates pair each building's plan, elevation and perspective view on one page, giving a designer clear models of French Renaissance château layouts and facades.

Architecture -- Early works to 1800 · Architecture -- Designs and plans -- Early works to 1800 · Architecture

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