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Vitruvius Teutsch nembliuchen des allern namhafftigsten und hocherfarnesten römischen architecti und kunstereichen werck oder bawmeisters, Marci Vitruvij Pollionis zehen bucher von der architectur und künstleichen bawen

1548
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  • Title: Vitruvius Teutsch nembliuchen des allern namhafftigsten und hocherfarnesten römischen architecti und kunstereichen werck oder bawmeisters, Marci Vitruvij Pollionis zehen bucher von der architectur und künstleichen bawen
  • Author: Written by Marcus Pollio Vitruvius (Roman, active late 1st century BCE)
  • Translator: Translated and edited by Gualther Hermenius Rivius (German, ca. 1500–after 1545)
  • Illustrator: Illustrated by Peter Flötner (German, Thurgau 1485–1546 Nuremberg)
  • Illustrator: Illustrated by Hans Brosamer (German, active by 1536, probably died 1552)
  • Illustrator: Illustrated by Virgil Solis (German, (?) 1514–1562 Nuremberg)
  • Illustrator: Illustrated by Georg Pencz (German, Wroclaw ca. 1500–1550 Leipzig)
  • Illustrator: Initial letters illustrated by Hans Springinklee (German, ca. 1495–after 1522)
  • Illustrator: Dürer portrait illustrated by Ludwig Krug (German, Nuremberg ca. 1488–1532 Nuremberg)
  • Printer: Printed by Johann Petreius (1524–1550)
  • Date: 1548
  • Medium: Printed book with woodcut illustrations
  • Dimensions: Overall: 12 7/8 x 8 1/2 x 2 5/8 in. (32.7 x 21.6 x 6.6 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
  • Object Number: 41.100.426
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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