Ob arkhitektur. Kniga pervya e vtorya primchanyamig dokmora medechen' e fransuzsago akademii chlena Però. Frantsuzskago na rossyskoyyazyk pribav, lenem novykh primchany, perevedeny pri model'nom dom, ve pol'zu obuchayushchagosya Arkhitektur yunoshestva

1790–97
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  • Title: Ob arkhitektur. Kniga pervya e vtorya primchanyamig dokmora medechen' e fransuzsago akademii chlena Però. Frantsuzskago na rossyskoyyazyk pribav, lenem novykh primchany, perevedeny pri model'nom dom, ve pol'zu obuchayushchagosya Arkhitektur yunoshestva
  • Author: Marcus Pollio Vitruvius (Roman, active late 1st century BCE)
  • Editor: Vasily Ivanovich Bazhenov (Russian)
  • Editor: After edition by Claude Perrault (French, 1613–1688)
  • Publisher: Imperatorskoj Akademii Nauk
  • Published in: St. Petersburg
  • Date: 1790–97
  • Medium: Printed book with engraved and etched illustrations
  • Dimensions: 10 5/8 x 8 3/8 x 1 3/4 in. (27 x 21.2 x 4.5 cm)
  • Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
  • Object Number: 41.100.422
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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