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Leonis Baptistae Alberti De re aedificatoria opus elegantissimus

1485
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Leonis Baptistae Alberti De re aedificatoria opus elegantissimus
  • Author: Leon Battista Alberti (Italian, Genoa 1404–1472 Rome)
  • Author: Dedication written by Angelo Poliziano (Italian, Montepulciano 1454–1494 Florence)
  • Publisher: Nicolai Laurentii Alamani
  • Dedicatee: Lorenzo de' Medici (Italian, Florence 1449–1492 Florence)
  • Published in: Florence
  • Date: 1485
  • Medium: Printed book
  • Dimensions: 11 5/8 x 8 5/8 x 1 13/16 in. (29.5 x 21.9 x 4.6 cm)
    Box: 12 3/4 x 9 5/8 x 2 9/16 in. (32.4 x 24.5 x 6.5 cm)
  • Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
  • Object Number: 41.100.100
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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