Reigles generales de l'architecture, sur les cincq manieres d'edifices : ascauoir, thuscane, doricq̄, ioniq̄, corinthe, & cōposite, auec les exemples danticquitez, selon la doctrine de Vitruue
Sebastiano Serlio's 1545 Antwerp architecture treatise, printed by Pieter van Aelst in French, sets out the five classical orders and their Vitruvian rules for builders and students of architecture. Its plates are plain line elevations of arches, doorways and facades, showing rusticated stonework, pediments and arched windows that a designer could adapt for building frontages, borders or classical motifs.
