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Vitruve

Author Written by Marcus Pollio Vitruvius Italian
Translator Translated and edited by Auguste Choisy French
Publisher Published by A. Lahure French
1909
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Object Information
  • Title: Vitruve
  • Author: Written by Marcus Pollio Vitruvius (Roman, active late 1st century BCE)
  • Translator: Translated and edited by Auguste Choisy (French, 1841–1909)
  • Publisher: Published by A. Lahure (French)
  • Published in: Paris
  • Date: 1909
  • Medium: Printed book
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
  • Object Number: 41.100.282.3
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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