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Hoc in volumine haec opera continentur Cleonidae harmonicum introductorium interprete Georgio Valla Placentino. L. Vitruvii Pollionis de Architectura libri decem. Sexti Iulii Frontini de Aquaeductibus liber unus. Angeli policiani opusculum: quod Panepi...

1497
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  • Title: Hoc in volumine haec opera continentur Cleonidae harmonicum introductorium interprete Georgio Valla Placentino. L. Vitruvii Pollionis de Architectura libri decem. Sexti Iulii Frontini de Aquaeductibus liber unus. Angeli policiani opusculum: quod Panepi...
  • Author: Cleonides (2nd century CE)
  • Editor: Giorgio Valla (Italian, 1430–1500)
  • Author: Marcus Pollio Vitruvius (Roman, active late 1st century BCE)
  • Author: Sextus Julius Frontinus (ca. 30–104)
  • Author: Angelo Poliziano (Italian, Montepulciano 1454–1494 Florence)
  • Author: Julius Firmicus Maternus (Roman, 4th century CE)
  • Printer: Simon Bevilaqua (active 1485–1518)
  • Designer: Woodcut frame on t.p. to De Navigatibus by Pico Master (Italian)
  • Published in: Venice
  • Date: 1497
  • Medium: Printed book with woodblock illustrations
  • Dimensions: 12 15/16 x 8 11/16 x 1 11/16 in. (32.8 x 22 x 4.3 cm)
  • Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
  • Object Number: 41.100.490
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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