1649 ARCHITECTURE by VITRUVIUS antique ILLUSTRATED ELZEVIR FOLIO De Architectura

VITRUVIUS POLLIO, Marcus

De Architectura libri decem. Cum notis, castigationibus & observationibus

Amstelodami: apud Ludovicum Elzevirium; 1649


3 parts in 1 volume

 [8]-30-[2]-272-[27-1 bl.], 164, 69-[3] pp.

Illustrated with a nice engraved title, 3 full-page woodcuts and numerous woodcuts in text showing columns, architectural designs, etc.

(wormholes in the lower margin of the last part, bookblock split).

 Original gilt-ruled calf (upper cover detached), spine on 5 raised bands
(title label gone, rubbed, joints splitting), red sprinkled edges,

One of the most important editions of Vitruvius' famous work on architecture edited by J. de Laet (1581-1649) with additional texts and commentaries by G. Philander, Balde, D. Barbari, Henry Wotton and L.B. Alberti.

Provenance:
ex-library copy (college of art Leicester), stamp on verso of title.

-Ref. Fowler 417; Berlin Katalog 1817; Cicognara 726; Rahir 1110; Willems 1097-

Small folio. Size 7 3/4 by 12"

Text in Latin
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