Quas res privatis aedificiis utiles putavi et quemadmodum sint faciundae, quam apertissime potui, perscripsi; de expolitionibus autem eorum, uti sint elegantes et sine vitiis ad vetustatem, insequenti volumine exponam.
I have described, as explicitly as I can, the details which are useful in private buildings and how they are to be carried out. In the next book I will treat of the methods of finishing the work, so that they may be ornamental, free from defects and permanent.
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