Vitruvius britannicus, or, The British architect : containing the plans, elevations, and sections of the regular buildings, both publick and private, in Great Britain, with variety of new designs ...
Vitruvius Britannicus, published in London in 1715 by the Scottish architect Colen Campbell, is a folio collection of plans, elevations and sections of British country houses and public buildings, intended for architects, patrons and builders. Its pages are crisp engraved architectural drawings in which flat facades, rhythmic window bays, balustrades, statues and pedimented doorways are drawn with clean outlines and hatched shadows, offering a designer a clear model of classical proportion and orderly symmetry.
