M. Vitruvii viri suae professionis peritissimi. De architectura libri decem: nunc primum in Germania qua potuit diligentia excusi, atq[ue] hinc inde schematibus non iniucundis exornati.

Multiple artists/makers

1543

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Artwork Details

Title: M. Vitruvii viri suae professionis peritissimi. De architectura libri decem: nunc primum in Germania qua potuit diligentia excusi, atq[ue] hinc inde schematibus non iniucundis exornati.
Author: Written by Marcus Pollio Vitruvius (Roman, active late 1st century BCE)
Author: Written by Nicholas of Cusa (German, 1401–1464)
Author: Written by Sextus Julius Frontinus (ca. 30–104)
Editor: Edited by Gualther Hermenius Rivius (German, ca. 1500–after 1545)
Printer: Printed by Georg Messerschmidt (active 1541–60)
Date: 1543
Medium: Printed book with woodcut illustrations
Dimensions: Overall: 8 1/8 x 6 x 1 3/8 in. (20.6 x 15.2 x 3.5 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
Object Number: 41.100.430
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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