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A 1596 German architectural treatise by Hans Blum, published in Germany for master builders and craftsmen, on the five classical column orders and related architectural elements. The pictures are printed woodcut plates of cornices, capitals, bases and entablature profiles, with lettered details and construction grids drawn beside full elevations. A designer could take from them the precise proportions and moulding profiles of classical ornament, useful for lettering layouts, borders and decorative framing.
