An Abridgment of the Architecture of Vitruvius
Artwork Details
- Title: An Abridgment of the Architecture of Vitruvius
- Author: Marcus Pollio Vitruvius (Roman, active late 1st century BCE)
- Translator: Derived from translation by Claude Perrault (French, 1613–1688)
- Engraver: Johannes Kip (Dutch, Amsterdam before 1653–1721? London)
- Publisher: Abel Swall and Timothy Child (British)
- Published in: London
- Date: 1692
- Medium: Illustrations: etching and engraving
- Dimensions: 5 13/16 × 3 3/4 × 1/2 in. (14.8 × 9.5 × 1.2 cm)
- Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
- Object Number: 41.100.234
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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