Regola delli cinque ordini d'architettura | Reghel van de vijf ordens der architecture | Reigle des cinq Ordres d'Architecture | Regel der funff orden von architecturArnhem, Jan Janssen, 1620, Folio with three leaves in each signature, full parchment binding, 95 pp + [22] ff. The book is in poor condition: wrinkled, smudged and damaged parchment, tears and paper loss on every page, some loose pages, damaged endpapers, there are architectural drawings/doodles throughout the book and on the endpapers. There are some old repairs visible where strips of paper (some with writing on it) have been pasted on to reinforce edges or mend tears. The book is filled with beautiful and instructive architectural illustrations. Most pages show text (in four languages) on the left page and an engraving on the right page. Printer's mark on titlepage (Rebus malis des et bonis constantiam mihi deus), engraved portrait, 34 architectural engravings, engraved portrait depiciting Michelangelo, followed by 30 more engravings. The Five Orders of Architecture (Regola delli cinque ordini d'architettura) by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola was first published in 1562 and is considered one of the most successful architectural books ever written. Vignola was an Italian Renaissance architect, assisting Michelangelo during his work on the St. Peter's Basilica. The book discusses the five classical orders: Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and composite. By 1700, it had been reprinted fifteen times in Italian, and translated into Dutch, English, French, German, Russian and Spanish. By the end of the twentieth century, more than 250 editions of the book had been published, making it the most widely used architectural textbook of all up to the nineteenth century. This edition is a mulilingual reprint (Italian, Dutch, French and German) published in 1620. It includes an additional section by Michelangelo. l Multilingual book on architecture: Italian, Dutch, French and German.