L' Idea Della Architettvra Vniversale: Diuisa in X. Libri: Dell'Eccellenza Di Qvesta Facoltà, De gl'Architetti prestanti: e Precetti, Inuentioni, Disegni, Modelli, & Opere merauigliose
Vincenzo Scamozzi's 1615 architectural treatise L'Idea della Architettura Universale, printed in Venice for architects and builders, sets out theory and design precepts. Its pictures are plan drawings of villas, palaces and city blocks with dimensioned rooms, gardens and street layouts, showing how a designer might lay out a residence on paper with clear labelled geometry.
