Les dix livres d'Architecture de Vitruve, corrigez et traduits nouvellement en François, avec notes & de figures
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- Title: Les dix livres d'Architecture de Vitruve, corrigez et traduits nouvellement en François, avec notes & de figures
- Author: Written by Marcus Pollio Vitruvius (Roman, active late 1st century BCE)
- Translator: Translated and commentary by Claude Perrault (French, 1613–1688)
- Engraver: Engraved by Gérard Edelinck (Dutch, Antwerp 1640–1707 Paris)
- Engraver: Engraved by Etienne Gantrel (French, Metz 1645/46–1706 Paris)
- Engraver: Engraved by Jacques Grignon (French, Paris ca. 1635/40–after 1689 Paris)
- Engraver: Engraved by Sébastien Leclerc I (French, Metz 1637–1714 Paris)
- Engraver: Engraved by Jean Patigny (French, active 1653–74)
- Engraver: Engraved by Nicolas Pitau (French, Paris before 1670–1724)
- Engraver: Engraved by Gérard Jean-Baptiste Scotin (French, Paris 1698–after 1755)
- Engraver: Engraved by Georges Tournier (French, active 17th century)
- Publisher: Published by Jean Baptiste Coignard (French, active 17th century)
- Dedicatee: Louis XIV, King of France (French, Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1638–1715 Versailles)
- Published in: Paris
- Date: 1684
- Medium: Printed book with woodcut illustrations with engraved plates and frontispiece
- Dimensions: Overall: 17 3/8 x 12 1/16 x 1 9/16 in. (44.2 x 30.7 x 4 cm)
- Classification: Books
- Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
- Object Number: 41.100.388
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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