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

CONCERNING the diverse qualities of regions, and the varying states of the sky, according to which buildings must be laid out. Chapter I.
Concerning the proportions and measurements of private buildings. Chapter II.
Concerning the courtyards original: "cauis aedium". Chapter III.
Concerning atria, tablinums, their dimensions, and symmetries. Chapter IV.
Concerning dining rooms triclinia dining rooms, reception rooms oeci reception/living rooms, sitting rooms exedrae sitting rooms, picture galleries pinacothecae picture galleries, etc. Chapter V.
Concerning reception rooms in the Greek style. Chapter VI.
Toward which regions of the sky each type of building should face, so that they are suitable for use and health. Chapter VII.
Concerning the proper locations and types of private and public buildings, suitable for the qualities of all kinds of persons. Chapter VIII.
Concerning the principles of rural buildings, the descriptions of their many parts, and their uses. Chapter IX.
Concerning the arrangement and different names of Greek buildings and their parts, sufficiently described according to Italian customs. Chapter X.
Concerning the firmness and foundations of buildings. Chapter XI.

CONCERNING the preparation of floors ruderatio the process of laying a rough floor base. Chapter I.
Concerning the slaking of lime for plaster work, etc. Chapter II.
Concerning the arrangement of ceilings, vaulting, and plastering, etc. Chapter III.
Concerning polishing in damp places. Chapter IV.
Concerning the method of painting in buildings. Chapter V.
Concerning marble, how it is prepared for plastering. Chapter VI.
Concerning colors, and first concerning ochre. Chapter VII.
Concerning the principles of minium red lead or cinnabar. Chapter VIII.
Concerning the tempering of minium. Chapter IX.
Concerning colors that are made by art. Chapter X.
Concerning the tempering of blue ceruleum blue pigment. Chapter XI.
How white lead, verdigris, and sandarac are made. Chapter XII.
How purple ostrum purple dye/color is made, and all manufactured colors, etc. Chapter XIII.
Concerning purple colors. Chapter XIV.