Product Description: Sebastiano Serlio was the most important architectural writer and theorist of the sixteenth century. The author of the first wide-ranging illustrated book on architecture, he produced a complete set of model designs as well as practical solutions for everyday design problems...read more

Product Description: Sixth book of classic treatise by influential Italian Renaissance architect. Handbook of classical style comprises 76 superb plates — with extensive editorial apparatus — including elevations, floor plans, cutaway views and other images...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Sebastiano Serlio was one of the most influential architectural writers of the 16th century. This work brings together five volumes of his treatise on the principles of architecture, which deal with the rules of geometry and perspective, and attempt to codify the rules of design...read more

Product Description: Five rare volumes comprise influential link between classical architectural theory and Renaissance architecture — reproduced in one inexpensive volume. Serlio establishes the importance of geometry and perspective and provides practical information on terrain, materials, antique and Renaissance structures — St...read more