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M.L. Vitruvio Pollione de Architectura traducto di Latino in Vulgare
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De architectura [Italian]
M.L. Vitruvio Pollione de Architectura traducto di Latino in Vulgare
Author: Vitruvius Pollio
Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
Printer: Giovanni Antonio de' Nicolini da Sabbio (Italian, 16th century)
Printer: Pietro de' Nicolini da Sabbio (Italian, 16th century)
Illustrated by: Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
Printer: Giovanni Antonio de' Nicolini da Sabbio (Italian, 16th century)
Printer: Pietro de' Nicolini da Sabbio (Italian, 16th century)
1524
Place of Publication: Venice, Italy
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with numerous woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 30.5 x 21.5 x 4.5 cm (12 x 8 7/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Samuel and Dorothy Glaser
Accession Number1979.649.2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Venice: Giovanni Antonio and Pietro de' Nicolini da Sabbio, 1524
Catalogue Raisonné
Berlin 1803; Fowler 398
Description(Venice: Giovanni Antonio and Pietro de' Nicolini da Sabbio, 1524) Folio; 122 leaves; contemporary limp vellum (off-white linen cloth box, brown leather labels). BOUND with 1511 Vitruvius (1979.649.1)
Illustrations of plans, diagrams, architectural details, and various machinery in use. Second Italian edition, with illustrations copied from those in the 1511 Tacuino edition (MFA has copy, see below). The translation is that used in the 1521 Como edition (MFA has copy: 41.45)
BOUND WITH 1511 Tacuino edition (1979.649.1).
Illustrations of plans, diagrams, architectural details, and various machinery in use. Second Italian edition, with illustrations copied from those in the 1511 Tacuino edition (MFA has copy, see below). The translation is that used in the 1521 Como edition (MFA has copy: 41.45)
BOUND WITH 1511 Tacuino edition (1979.649.1).
ProvenanceRed wax armorial seal on verso of title page; Samuel and Dorothy Glaser, by whom given to MFA, December 19, 1979.