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Los diez libros de arquitectura de Leon Baptista Alberto

1582
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Los diez libros de arquitectura de Leon Baptista Alberto
  • Author: Leon Battista Alberti (Italian, Genoa 1404–1472 Rome)
  • Editor: Francisco Locano (Spanish)
  • Author: Endorsement written by Juan de Herrera (Spanish, ca. 1530–1597)
  • Author: Errata written by Juan Vazquez de Marmol (Spanish)
  • Publisher: Alonso Gomez
  • Dedicatee: Juan Fernandez de Espinosa (Spanish)
  • Published in: Madrid
  • Date: 1582
  • Medium: Printed book with woodcut title page
  • Dimensions: Overall: 8 3/16 x 6 1/8 x 15/16 in. (20.8 x 15.5 x 2.4 cm)
  • Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
  • Object Number: 41.100.111
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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