The civil architecture of Vitruvius. Comprising those books of the author which relate to the public and private edifices of the ancients. With an introduction, containing an historical view of the rise and progress of architecture amongst the Greeks (De architectura)
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- Title: The civil architecture of Vitruvius. Comprising those books of the author which relate to the public and private edifices of the ancients. With an introduction, containing an historical view of the rise and progress of architecture amongst the Greeks (De architectura)
- Author: Marcus Pollio Vitruvius (Roman, active late 1st century BCE)
- Translator: William Wilkins (British, 1778–1839)
- Author: Introduction by George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1784–1860 London)
- Engraver: Wilson Lowry (British, Whitehaven, Cumbria 1762–1824 London)
- Engraver: Samuel Porter (British, active 19th century)
- Printer: Thomas Davison (London)
- Dedicatee: George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1784–1860 London)
- Publisher: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown
- Published in: London
- Date: 1812–17
- Medium: Illustrations: engraving
- Dimensions: 19 1/16 × 12 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (48.4 × 30.8 × 6.4 cm)
- Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
- Object Number: 41.100.297
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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