Elibron Classics Series. This is a digitized replica of 1914 edition by Harvard University Press, Cambridge. This is an Illustrated edition.This is the only full treatise on architecture and its related arts to survive from classical antiquity, the Architecture libri decem (Ten Books on Architecture) is the single most important work of architectural history in the Western world, having shaped architecture and the image of the architect from the Renaissance to the present.

This edition features• illustrations• a linked Table of ContentsCONTENTSThe Introduction.Article 1. OF the great merits of Vitruvius, and the Excellencies of his WorksArt. 2. Of the method of the Works of Vitruvius, with short Arguments of every BookTHE FIRST PART.Of the Architecture that is common to us with the Ancients.Chap. I. Of Architecture in general.Art. 1. Of the Original of Architecture,Art. 2. What Ar...

This edition features• illustrations• a linked Table of Contents and IndexCONTENTSBOOK IPrefaceThe Education of the ArchitectThe Fundamental Principles of ArchitectureThe Departments of ArchitectureThe Site of a CityThe City WallsThe Directions of the Streets; with Remarks on the WindsThe Sites for Public BuildingsBOOK IIIntroductionThe Origin of the Dwelling HouseOn the Primor...