Serlio, Sebastiano. Regole Generali di Architettura sopra le cinque maniere de gligifici, cioè, thoscano, dorico, ionico, corintho; e composition, con gliesempi de l' antiquita, che per la maggior parte Concordano con la dotttrina di Vitruvio. 76 Roman numbered Bl. With woodcut title border and numerous illustrations, layouts, etc. in woodcut. 32.5 x 23.5 cm. Modern flexible parchment with gold-embossed centrepiece on the lids and closing straps. Venice, Francesco Marcolini da Forli, 1540. Fowler 314. Kruft 80 ff. – "Second edition. The title page and illustrations are from the original blocks of the 1537 (= first) edition, with new typesetting of text and error corrected" (Fowler). From his multi-part architectural tract, Serlio first has the present IV. "It contains the teaching of the five column orders, which is systematized here for the first time in the theory of architecture. The orders ... are defined in their column heights as integer multiples of their lower column diameter, as are the postaments. This created the rigid column canon, which neither the ancient nor the Quattrocento knew. The exhibition of Serlio's teaching of the order of the columns ... and her isolated publication establish a tradition that can be found in the countless column books ... in the 16th century. ==References====External links==* Official website* Official website Num. Bl. 44-45 with gr. Brown stain.