Architecture ou Art de bien bastir de Marc Vitruve Pollion autheur romain antique: mis Latin en Francois, par Ian Martin Secretaire de Monseigneur le Cardinal de Lenoncourt

1572
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  • Title: Architecture ou Art de bien bastir de Marc Vitruve Pollion autheur romain antique: mis Latin en Francois, par Ian Martin Secretaire de Monseigneur le Cardinal de Lenoncourt
  • Author: Written by Marcus Pollio Vitruvius (Roman, active late 1st century BCE)
  • Translator: Translated by Jean Martin (French, died 1553)
  • Author: Commentary written by Jean Goujon (French, ca. 1510–ca. 1565 Bologna (?))
  • Printer: Printed and published by Hiérosme de Marnef and Guillaume Cavellat , Paris
  • Published in: Paris
  • Date: 1572
  • Medium: Printed book with woodcut illustrations
  • Dimensions: Overall: 14 1/8 x 9 13/16 x 1 in. (35.8 x 24.9 x 2.6 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
  • Object Number: 41.100.496
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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