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M. Vitruvii De Architectura libri decem, summa diligentia recogniti, atque excusi. Cum nonnullis figuris sub hoc signo positis. nunque antea impraessis. Additis Iulij frontini de aqueductibus libris, propter materiae affinitatem

Written by Marcus Pollio Vitruvius Italian
Written by Sextus Julius Frontinus Roman
Printed by Guillaume Huyon French

1523

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Title: M. Vitruvii De Architectura libri decem, summa diligentia recogniti, atque excusi. Cum nonnullis figuris sub hoc signo positis. nunque antea impraessis. Additis Iulij frontini de aqueductibus libris, propter materiae affinitatem

Author: Written by Marcus Pollio Vitruvius (Roman, active late 1st century BCE)

Author: Written by Sextus Julius Frontinus (ca. 30–104)

Printer: Printed by Guillaume Huyon (French, active 16th century)

Published in: Lyon

Date: 1523

Medium: Printed book with woodcut illustrations

Dimensions: Overall: 6 3/4 x 4 3/16 x 1 in. (17.1 x 10.6 x 2.5 cm)

Classification: Books

Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941

Accession Number: 41.100.511

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France, 1400-1600 A.D.

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