Johann Wilhelms Architectura civilis : das ist: Beschreib- oder Vorreissung der fürnembsten Tachwerck, nemlich hoher Helmen, Creutztächer, Wiederkehrungen, welscher Hauben, so dann Kelter, Pressen, Schnecken, oder Windelstiegen und dergleichen
Johann Wilhelm's Architectura civilis, printed in 1654 in Germany by Johann Martin Porssen for the author, is a German manual of carpentry and building machinery for carpenters and master builders. The plates show timber roof trusses and framed scaffolding, a wooden screw press and lifting gear, and stone block assemblies with chains, drawn in flat, precise line engraving that a designer could use for structural diagrams and technical illustration.







































