Novo Teatro di machine et edificii per varie et sicure operationi.
Zonca’s treatise typifies a new genre of books called the "theater of machines," which were collections of pictures and descriptions of innovative machinery and instruments. Featured here is a horse-powered windlass that hauls up a wooden crate containing supplies for binding the brick at the top of the structure. Vitruvius’s book on building devices impacted early modern engineers, who employed them in other sectors like mining, agriculture, and hydraulics. These books spotlight the technological advancements made in the architectural trade that would eventually pave the way for the Industrial Revolution.
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