Marci Vitruvii Pollionis De architectura libri decem

1800–1801
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: Marci Vitruvii Pollionis De architectura libri decem
  • Author: Marcus Pollio Vitruvius (Roman, active late 1st century BCE)
  • Editor: Edited and commentary by Augustus Rode
  • Designer: Title page vignette designed by Hans Christian Genelli (German, 1763–1823)
  • Engraver: Title page vignette engraved by Christian Haldenwang (German, 1770–1831)
  • Designer: Plates designed by Fr. Warneyer (German)
  • Engraver: Plates engraved by Liebe (German)
  • Printer: Georg Friedrich Starke (German)
  • Publisher: August Mylius (German)
  • Published in: Berlin
  • Date: 1800–1801
  • Medium: Printed book with engraved illustrations
  • Dimensions: 9 13/16 x 8 3/8 in. (25 x 21.2 cm)
  • Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
  • Object Number: 41.100.568.1–.2
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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