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Dell'architettura di M. Vitruvio Pollione libri diece restituti nell'italiana lingua da Baldassare Orsini, Tomo 2

1802
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  • Title: Dell'architettura di M. Vitruvio Pollione libri diece restituti nell'italiana lingua da Baldassare Orsini, Tomo 2
  • Author: Written by Marcus Pollio Vitruvius (Roman, active late 1st century BCE)
  • Translator: Translated and Edited by Baldassare Orsini (Italian, 1732–1810)
  • Translator: Adapted from the German by William Leonard Courtney (British, Poona, India 1850–1928 London)
  • Author: Letter written by Sebastiano Ranghiasci (Italian, 1747–1822)
  • Publisher: Published by Carlo Baduel (Italian, active late 18th–early 19th century)
  • Published in: Perugia
  • Date: 1802
  • Medium: Printed book with engraved illustrations
  • Dimensions: Overall: 9 5/16 x 6 1/2 x 1 3/8 in. (23.6 x 16.5 x 3.5 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
  • Object Number: 41.100.405.2
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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