I dieci libri dell'architettura di M. Vitruvio tradutti et commentati da monsignor Barbaro eletto patriarca d'aquileggia

1556
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  • Title: I dieci libri dell'architettura di M. Vitruvio tradutti et commentati da monsignor Barbaro eletto patriarca d'aquileggia
  • Author: Marcus Pollio Vitruvius (Roman, active late 1st century BCE)
  • Translator: Translation and commentary by Daniele Barbaro (Italian, 1514–1570)
  • Publisher: Francesco Marcolini da Forli (Italian, Forli ca. 1500–after 1559 Venice)
  • Designer: Illustrations designed in part by Andrea Palladio (Italian, Padua 1508–1580 Vicenza)
  • Illustrator: Some illustrations attributed to Giuseppe Salviati (Giuseppe Porta, called Il Salviati) (Italian, Castelnuovo di Garfagnana ca. 1520–ca. 1575 Venice)
  • Published in: Venice
  • Date: 1556
  • Medium: Printed book with woodcut illustrations
  • Dimensions: 14 13/16 x 11 1/8 x 1 1/4 in. (37.6 x 28.2 x 3.1 cm)
  • Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
  • Object Number: 41.100.218
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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