M. Vitruvii Pollionis viri suae professionis peritissimi de Architectura Libri X ad Augustum Ceasarem accuratissime conscripti et locis quamplurimis hac editione emendati adjunctis nunc primum Gulielmi Philandri Castilionii Galli Civis Rom
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- Title: M. Vitruvii Pollionis viri suae professionis peritissimi de Architectura Libri X ad Augustum Ceasarem accuratissime conscripti et locis quamplurimis hac editione emendati adjunctis nunc primum Gulielmi Philandri Castilionii Galli Civis Rom
- Author: Marcus Pollio Vitruvius (Roman, active late 1st century BCE)
- Author: Written and edited by Guillaume Philander (French, 1505–1565)
- Author: Sextus Julius Frontinus (ca. 30–104)
- Author: Nicholas of Cusa (German, 1401–1464)
- Editor: Gualther Hermenius Rivius (German, ca. 1500–after 1545)
- Publisher: Georg Messerschmidt (active 1541–60)
- Dedicatee: François I, King of France (French, Château de Cognac 1494–1547 Château de Rambouillet)
- Published in: Strasbourg
- Date: 1550
- Medium: Printed book with woodcut illustrations
- Dimensions: 7 15/16 x 6 3/16 x 2 in. (20.1 x 15.7 x 5.1 cm)
- Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
- Object Number: 41.100.434
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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