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M. Vitruvius per Iocundum solito castigatior factus cum figuris et tabula ut iam legi et intelligi possit

1511
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: M. Vitruvius per Iocundum solito castigatior factus cum figuris et tabula ut iam legi et intelligi possit
  • Author: Marcus Pollio Vitruvius (Roman, active late 1st century BCE)
  • Editor: Fra Giovanni Giocondo da Verona (Italian, Verona 1433–1515 Rome)
  • Artist: Fra Giovanni Giocondo da Verona (Italian, Verona 1433–1515 Rome)
  • Publisher: Giovanni Taccuino (Italian, active 1492–1536)
  • Published in: Venice
  • Date: 1511
  • Medium: Printed book with woodcut illustrations
  • Dimensions: 12 3/8 x 8 3/8 x 1 3/16 in. (31.4 x 21.3 x 3 cm)
  • Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
  • Object Number: 41.100.325
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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