' s ▁Bas il ica . ▁He ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁architect s ▁of ▁the ▁Pal azzo ▁F arn ese ▁and ▁the ▁Church ▁of ▁the ▁Ges u . ▁Following ▁the ▁examples ▁of ▁the ▁Class ical ▁Roman ▁work ▁of ▁Vit ru vi us ▁and ▁the ▁five ▁books ▁of ▁the ▁ ▁by ▁Sebast iano ▁Ser lio ▁published ▁from ▁ 1 5 3 7 , ▁V ign ola ▁started ▁writing ▁an ▁architecture ▁rule ▁book ▁on ▁the ▁classical ▁orders . ▁His ▁work ▁was ▁more ▁practical ▁than ▁the ▁preceding ▁two ▁books ▁which ▁were ▁more ▁philosoph ical ▁in ▁nature . ▁ ▁Ed itions ▁and ▁transl ations ▁For ▁centuries ▁it ▁has ▁been ▁repr int ed , ▁translated , ▁and ▁used ▁as ▁an ▁insp iration , ▁e . g . ▁for ▁William ▁Robert ▁W are ' s ▁main ▁work ▁The ▁American ▁V ign ola ▁of ▁ 1 9 0 4 . ▁By ▁ 1 7 0 0 , ▁it ▁had ▁been ▁repr int ed ▁fifteen ▁times ▁in ▁Italian , ▁and ▁translated ▁into ▁Dutch , ▁English , ▁French , ▁German , ▁Russian ▁and ▁Spanish . ▁By ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁tw enti eth ▁century , ▁more ▁than ▁ 2 5 0 ▁ed itions ▁of ▁the ▁book ▁had ▁been ▁published , ▁making ▁it ▁" the ▁most ▁widely ▁used ▁architect ural ▁text book ▁of ▁all ▁up ▁to ▁the ▁nin ete enth ▁century ▁[...] ▁forming ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁universal ▁bases ▁of ▁courses ▁of ▁architecture ". ▁ ▁Gallery ▁ ▁Notes ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁Bibli ography ▁and ▁works ▁on ▁line ▁on ▁the ▁" Arch itect ura "