M. Vitruvii Pollonis de architectura libri decem ad Caesarem Augustum omnibus omnium editionibus longe emendatiores collatis veteribus exemplis

THE CHAPTERS OF THE FIRST BOOK.

What architecture is, and on the education of architects. CH. I.
From which things architecture consists. CH. II.
On the parts of architecture in the distributions of private and public buildings, and on gnomonics the study of sundials, and mechanics. III.
On the selection of healthy locations, and what things are detrimental to health, and from where light should be taken. IV.
On the foundations of walls and towers. V.
On the division of works that are within the walls, and their disposition so that the harmful blasts of the winds are avoided. VI.
On the selection of locations for the common use of a city. VII.

THE CHAPTERS OF THE SECOND BOOK.

On the life of ancient men, and on the beginnings of humanity and of buildings, and their increments. I.
On the principles of things according to the opinions of the philosophers. II.
On bricks, from what earth, at what time, and in what form they ought to be made. III.
On sand, and its types. IV.
On lime, and from where the best is burned. V.
On Puteolan dust pozzolana, and its use. VI.
On quarries, and their qualities. VII.
On the types of structure, and their qualities, modes, and places. VIII.
On the cutting of timber, and on the properties of certain trees. IX.
On fir from the heights and the lowlands, with a description of the Apennines. X.

THE CHAPTERS OF THE THIRD BOOK.

On the exposition of sacred temples and symmetries, and the measurement of the human body. I.
On the five species of temples. II.
On foundations and columns, and their ornament and architraves, as much in solid places as in filled ones. III.

THE CHAPTERS OF THE FOURTH BOOK.

On the three types of columns, their origin and invention. I.
On the ornaments of columns. II.
On the Doric method. III.
On the distribution of the interior of cellas and porticos. IV.
On establishing temples according to regions. V.
On the proportions of the doorways and antepagmenta door casings of sacred temples. VI.
On the Tuscan proportions of sacred temples. VII.
On arranging the altars of the Gods. VIII.

THE CHAPTERS OF THE FIFTH BOOK.

On the forum, and its disposition. I.
On arranging the treasury, the prison, and the senate house. II.
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