An edition of De architectura (1486)

[ M. Vitruuii De architectura libri decem

summa diligentia recogniti, atq[ue] excusi : cum nonnullis figuris ... nunq[uam] antea impraessis : additis Iulij Frontini De aqueductibus libris, p[ro]pter materiae affinitatem.

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An edition of De architectura (1486)

[ M. Vitruuii De architectura libri decem

summa diligentia recogniti, atq[ue] excusi : cum nonnullis figuris ... nunq[uam] antea impraessis : additis Iulij Frontini De aqueductibus libris, p[ro]pter materiae affinitatem.

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De architectura, or On Architecture in English (published as Ten Books on Architecture) is a treatise on architecture written around 15 BC by the Roman architect Marcus Vitruvius Pollio as a guide for building projects.

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Language
Latin
Pages
195

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Cover of: On architecture
On architecture
1983, Harvard University Press, W. Heinemann
in English
Cover of: De l'architecture
De l'architecture
1969, Les Belles Lettres
in French
Cover of: Zehn Bücher über Architektur
Zehn Bücher über Architektur
1899, B. G. Teubneri
in Latin
Cover of: Della architettvra
Della architettvra
1590, Appresso i Gioliti
in Italian
Cover of: Vetrvvio con il svo comento et figvre
Vetrvvio con il svo comento et figvre
1536, Nella stamparia del conte Iano Bigazzini
in Italian
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Edited by Giovanni Giocondo.

Printing variously attributed to Guillaume Huyon (cf. Graesse) or to Scipion de Gabiano (cf. Baudrier, Bibl. lyonnaise, v. 7, p. 165-167).

Numbers 81-96 omitted in foliation.

Illustration on leaf 60 printed upside down.

Includes index.

Fisher copy: Leaf 1 (t.p.), leaves 15 and 22 (3rd group) wanting; t.p. information supplied from Fowler architectural collection. Ex libris John Roland Abbey. In box.

Fisher copy: A contemporary Netherlandish panel stamp binding, sewn on 4 raised leather thongs, laced in perpendicular to the spine. Vellum pastedowns; plain white paper flyleaves. Red, green, and yellow silk double endbands (added). Red textblock edges. Full bound dark brown calf over pasteboard, with some repairs. Covers finished in blind with 2-line fillet to form a large central panel, containing a pictorial panel stamp depicting St. John the Baptist, and St. Michael. Spine finished with blind 2-line fillets forming panels, and a 4-line fillet at head and tail; lines on each side of bands continued over to covers forming tie-downs.Traces of two pairs of ties.

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195 (i.e. 179), [15], 22 leaves :
Number of pages
195

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OL19580910M

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