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L'architecture ou l'art de bien bastir, Manuscript MS 81.13, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Assumed to be the notebook of an anonymous French student studying the five orders of architecture. Most of the pages are written in Latin with some in Italian and French. Much of the notebook consists of a glossary of architectural terms. Includes an engraving, several illustrations of columns, and other architectural views.