M. Vitruvii, viri suae professionis peritissimi, De architectura libri decem, ad Augustum Caesarem accuratiss. conscripti: & nunc primum in Germania qua potuit diligentia excusi, atque hinc inde schema tibus non iniucundis exornati

CHAPTERS OF THE FIRST BOOK.

A decorative initial Q contains a chalice-like vessel.WHAT IS ARCHITECTURE, AND CONCERNING
the training of architects. Chap. I.
From what things architecture consists. Chap. II.
Concerning the parts of architecture in the distribution of private and public
buildings, and of gnomonics original: "gnomonices" - the art of making sundials,
and of machinery. Chap. III.
Concerning the choice of healthy locations, and what things hinder health, and from where light should be taken. Chap. IIII.
Concerning the foundations of walls and towers. Chap. V.
Concerning the division of works which are within the walls, and their arrangement, so that the harmful blasts of winds may be avoided. Chap. VI.
Concerning the choice of locations for the common use of the city. Chap. VII.

CHAPTERS OF THE SECOND BOOK.

A decorative initial D.CONCERNING the life of the men of old, and the beginnings of humanity and of roofs,
and their increments. Chap. I.
Concerning the principles of things according to the opinions of the Philosophers. Chap. II.
Concerning bricks. Chap. III.
Concerning sand and its kinds. Chap. IIII.
Concerning lime. Chap. V.
Concerning pozzolana dust. Chap. VI.
Concerning stone quarries. Chap. VII.
Concerning the kinds of structure, and their qualities. Chap. VIII.
Concerning the felling of timber. Chap. IX.
Concerning upper and lower fir wood, with a description of the Apennines. Chap. X.