Cort onderwys vande vyf colomen […] uyt den scherpsinnigen Vincent Schamozzy getrocken en in minuten gestelt seer gemacklick voor de jonge leerlingen en dienstig voor alle ionge liefhebbers der bouw-conste.

4to: 51 pl. (pl. 54 missing showing the interior of a church).

Mod. half cloth with corners, marbled paper on covers, flat gilt-titled spine.

Dutch adaptation of "L'idea dell'architettura universale" (Venice 1615) by Vincenzo Scamozzi (1552-1616), and a manual on the five orders of architecture composed for the use of craftsmen by Simon Bosboom (1614-1662), Dutch architect and the stonemason of the city of Amsterdam. He was responsible for the hundreds of capitals and column bases on the new city hall of Amsterdam. Our copy illustrated with 51 full-page engr. pl. incl. the title and 2 engr. in-text. The church design (pl. 51) is signed by Bosboom. Copy with the plans of a church designed by Bosboom (pl. 52-53).
ref. Cp. STCN (various undated ed.). - Fowler 54. - Our copy conform with the digitised copy of KB Den Haag apart from the missing pl. 54.