Dell' architettura ... parte prima : nella quale si tratta degli ordini dell'architettura de' Greci, e degl' Italiani; e si danno le regole piu spedite per disegnarli
Dell' architettura, part one, by Mario Gioffredo (1718-1785), printed in Naples in 1768, is a treatise on the classical architectural orders of Greece and Italy, written to teach students how to draw them. The plates show columns, entablatures and capitals in measured elevation with module diagrams and profiles, drawn in brown wash with fine ruled lines; a designer can take from them the clear proportional logic of Doric, Ionic and Corinthian orders and their details.
