A treatise on architecture written by the Roman architect and military engineer Marcus Vitruvius Pollio. As the only treatise on architecture to survive from antiquity, it has been regarded since the Renaissance as the first book on architectural ...
Pollio, Marcus Vitruvius (80-15BC), Roman Architect
The second of three volumes of Colen Campbell's Vitruvius Britannicus. They contain the plans, elevations, and sections of regular buildings, both public and private, in Great Britain, with a variety of designs reproduced in 200 large engrave...
Campbell, Colen, of Boghole and Urchany (1676-1729), architect
The first of three volumes of Colen Campbell's Vitruvius Britannicus. They contain the plans, elevations, and sections of regular buildings, both public and private, in Great Britain, with a variety of designs reproduced in 200 large engraved...
Campbell, Colen, of Boghole and Urchany (1676-1729), architect
The third of three volumes of Colen Campbell's Vitruvius Britannicus. They contain the plans, elevations, and sections of regular buildings, both public and private, in Great Britain, with a variety of designs reproduced in 200 large engraved...
Campbell, Colen, of Boghole and Urchany (1676-1729), architect
Collection of architectural books used by students at the Polytechnic School of Architecture and PCL, including rare and antique editions. Also accompanying the collection are Accessions Registers of The Polytechnic School of Architecture and The ...
A volume dedicated to the Designs of Inigo Jones, consisting of 73 plates of plans and elevations of Public and Private Buildings. To this collection are added designs of Doors, Windows, Gates, Peers, Chimneys, Insides of Rooms, and Ceilings; also...
Jones, Inigo (1573–1652) architect and theatre designer
A book dedicated to a number of detailed drawings of architectural design and ornaments, the volume consists of a series of plates with a short description of each plate, the plates contains plans, sections, elevations, ceiling details, column det...
A volume containing the four books of Andrea Palladio's Architecture in Italy. He is deeply influenced by Vitruvius, and after a short Treatise of the Five Orders, he makes observations on the building of Private Houses, Streets, Bridges, Pla...
A volume that offers insight on how the characteristics of the Five Orders can be successfully used in the creation of staircases. It begins by offering a succinct description of the orders and the main architectural elements of the buildings. The...
A volume offering insight on the monuments and other architectural structures and decorations of Ancient Rome. It comprises a selection of 128 original engravings with their description. Buildings included are: Pantheon; Temple of Peace; Temple of...
Barbault, Jean (1718-1762), painter, etcher and printmaker