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Hoc in volumine haec opera continentur Cleonidae harmonicum introductorium interprete Georgio Valla Placentino. L. Vitruvii Pollionis de Architectura libri decem. Sexti Iulii Frontini de Aquaeductibus liber unus. Angeli policiani opusculum: quod Panepi...

1497
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  • Title: Hoc in volumine haec opera continentur Cleonidae harmonicum introductorium interprete Georgio Valla Placentino. L. Vitruvii Pollionis de Architectura libri decem. Sexti Iulii Frontini de Aquaeductibus liber unus. Angeli policiani opusculum: quod Panepi...
  • Author: Written by Cleonides (2nd century CE)
  • Editor: Edited by Giorgio Valla (Italian, 1430–1500)
  • Author: Written by Marcus Pollio Vitruvius (Roman, active late 1st century BCE)
  • Author: Written by Sextus Julius Frontinus (ca. 30–104)
  • Author: Written by Angelo Poliziano (Italian, Montepulciano 1454–1494 Florence)
  • Printer: Printed by Simon Bevilaqua (active 1485–1518)
  • Published in: Venice
  • Date: 1497
  • Medium: Printed book with woodblock illustrations
  • Dimensions: Overall: 12 3/16 x 8 1/8 x 15/16 in. (31 x 20.7 x 2.4 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
  • Object Number: 41.100.489
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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