M. Vitruvii Pollionis De architectura libri decem: ad Caesarem Augustum, omnibus omnium editionibus longè emendatiores, collatis veteribus exemplis accesserunt, Gulielmi Philandri Castilionii, ciuis Romani annotationes castigatiors, & plus tertia parte
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- Title: M. Vitruvii Pollionis De architectura libri decem: ad Caesarem Augustum, omnibus omnium editionibus longè emendatiores, collatis veteribus exemplis accesserunt, Gulielmi Philandri Castilionii, ciuis Romani annotationes castigatiors, & plus tertia parte
- Author: Marcus Pollio Vitruvius (Roman, active late 1st century BCE)
- Author: Commentary by Guillaume Philander (French, 1505–1565)
- Illustrator: Bernard Salomon (French, ca. 1508–ca. 1561)
- Author: Giorgio Agricola (German, 1494–1555)
- Publisher: Jean de Tournes (French, 1504–1564)
- Published in: Lyon
- Date: 1552
- Medium: Printed book with woodcut illustrations
- Dimensions: 10 1/8 x 6 13/16 x 1 1/4 in. (25.7 x 17.3 x 3.1 cm)
- Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
- Object Number: 41.100.501
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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