«Vitruvius Teutsch, nemlichen des aller namhafftigisten und hocherfarnesten, römischen Architecti, und kunstreichen Werck oder Baumeisters, Marci Vitruvii Pollionis, zehen Bücher von der Architectur und künstlichem Bawen: ein Schlüssel und Einleytung aller mathematischen und mechanischen Künst, … : alles mit schönen künstlichen Figuren und Antiquiteten, und sonderlichen Commentarien zu mererem Bericht und besserem Verstand gezieret und erkleret : allen künstlichen Handtwerckern, Werckmeistern, Steinmetzen, Bawmeistern, Zeug und Büxenmeistern, Brunnen Leyteren, Berckwerckern, Malern, Bildhawern, Goltschmiden, Schreineren, und allen denen, welche sich des Zirckels und Richtscheids künstlichen gebrauchen, zu sonderlichem Nutz und vilfeltigem Vortheil» is a very clear structured book. After the title page, the dedication pages are to be found. Followed by the table of contents, the table of illustrations and the register. The book consists of twelve chapters the first being the introduction and the last the conclusion. The text is written in one huge columns. At the beginning of each chapter the heading is place at the head in the middle of the page. The page number are on top of each page. The text was printed with the old printing machine, so the font is difficult to read.
There are plenty of architectural drawings in the book. Most of them are used to explain the details of a particular part of a building. There are not many perspective views present in the book. In relation, the book has much more text than pictures, figures by having only 162 illustrations in a number of 712 pages. Many images takes up a whole page, some takes up half oft he page. Every image has its own caption and description at the bottom. The images are scattered throughout the book and numbered and listed in the table of illustration. The table of illustrations provides not only the information of all the illustration used in the book but also the corresponding page number.
Fortunately, it is a book for academic study, but at the same time it can be use as a reference for many topics.