Marci Vitruvii Pollionis De architectura libri decem
Artwork Details
- 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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