Architectura Curiosa Nova: Das ist: Neue, Ergötzliche, Sinn- und Kunstreiche, auch nützliche Bau- und Wasser-Kunst, Vorstellend 1. Das Fundament und die Eigenschaft des Wassers ... ; 2. Mancherley lustige Wasserspiel ... ; 3. Allerley zierliche Bronnen, Fonteynen und Wasserkünste: Darinnen von allerhand Aufsätzen und Wasserspielen gehandelt wird
Architectura Curiosa Nova is a 1670 German treatise on hydraulic engineering and garden water art by Georg Andreas Böckler, held by Heidelberg University Library and written for architects, gardeners and craftsmen. Its engraved plates show ornamental fountain designs drawn in fine line with a plain background of sky and clouds. A designer could take from them the tiered baluster basin and the arching, weeping jets that fall in curtains of dotted spray.
