Formae ad explicandos M. Vitruvii Pollionis decem libros de architectura : maximam partem ad ipsa antiqua monumenta delineatae cum brevibus explicationibus Latinis et Germanicis / Kupfer zu Vitruvs zehn Büchern von der Baukunst : mehrentheils nach antiken Denkmälern gezeichnet mit kurzen lateinischen und deutschen Erklärungen
Formae is a 1801 Latin and German plate book of ancient architecture, issued by the Berlin publisher Mylius and edited by August Rode to illustrate Vitruvius's ten books on architecture for students and scholars. Its pictures are measured engravings of columned temples, floor plans, ornamental grilles, and a theatre section, drawn mostly from surviving antique monuments. A designer might take from them the clean orders, proportional geometry, and compact plan layouts that underpin classical facades and interiors.
