M. Vitruvii ... De architectura libri decem, ad Augustum Caesarem accuratiss. conscripti

A decorative initial Q contains a stylized floral or architectural motif.WHAT ARCHITECTURE IS, AND ON TRAINING ARCHITECTS. Chap. I.
From what things architecture consists. Chap. II.
On the parts of architecture in the distribution of private and public buildings, and of gnomonics the art of dial-making, and of mechanics. Chap. III.
On the choice of healthy locations, and what things are harmful to health, and from where light should be taken. Chap. IV.
On the foundations of walls and towers. Chap. V.
On the division of works which are within the walls, and their arrangement, so that the harmful blasts of winds are avoided. Chap. VI.
On the choice of locations for the common use of the city. Chap. VII.

ON the life of the ancient men, and on the beginnings of humanity and of roofs, and their increases. Chap. I.
On the principles of things according to the opinions of the philosophers. Chap. II.
On bricks. Chap. III.
On sand and its types. Chap. IV.
On lime. Chap. V.
On pulvis puteolanus Pozzolanic ash/volcanic cement. Chap. VI.
On stone quarries. Chap. VII.
On the types of structure, and their qualities. Chap. VIII.
On the felling of timber. Chap. IX.
On fir wood, both from the heights and the lowlands, with a description of the Apennines. Chap. X.
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