The Fowler Architectural Collection of the Johns Hopkins University

The collection catalogue fully describes the Fowler Collection of Early Architectural Books consisting of 493 titles by important architects published from the end of the 15th century to the end of the 18th century. The Fowler Collection is one of the most important collections of early works on classical and Renaissance architecture in the United States. The original Fowler Architectural library was made up of four hundred and forty-eight items, featuring Vitruvius (40 editions, from 1495) and the five great protagonists of Renaissance architecture: Alberti (14 editions, from 1485), Serlio (33 editions, from 1545) Palladio (32 editions, from 1554), Vignola (39 editions, from 1563), and Scamozzi (13 editions, from 1583), as well as works by English, French and German architects.