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 theory, as well as a major source on the canon of classical architecture. It contains a variety of information on Greek and Roman buildings, as well as prescriptions for the planning and design of military camps, cities, and structures both large (aqueducts, buildings, baths, harbours) and small (machines, measuring devices, instruments). (From Wikipedia)
Pollio, Marcus Vitruvius (80-15BCE), Roman Architect
A short introduction to architecture before 1788 by Sir John Soane. A description of each building including plans, elevations and sections to scale. Buildings included are: Shottisham, Norfolk; Malvern-Hall, Warwickshire; Letton-Hall, Norfolk; Chillington, Staffordshire; Tendring -Hall, Suffolk; Lodges at Langley-Park, Norfolk; Ryston-Hall, Norfolk; Skelton-Castle, Yorkshire; Mulgrave-Hall, Yorkshire; Burn-Hall, County of Durham; Villa near Hockerill; Oulton, Suffolk; Villa intended for the Honorable Willbraham Tollemache; The Parsonage at Saxlingham; Black-Friars Bridge, Norwich; The Dairy of Hammels, Hertfordshire; Earlsham, Suffolk; Museum designed for the Dilettanti Society, London.
Soane, Sir John (1753-1837), architect
