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VITRUVIUS POLLIO, Marcus

De Architectura libri decem. Cum notis, castigationibus & observationibus

Amstelodami
apud Ludovicum Elzevirium
1649

€600 - €900

3 parts in 1 vol. in-folio, [8]-30-[2]-272-[27-1 bl.], 164, 69-[3] pp. Illustrated with a nice engraved title, 3 full-page woodcuts and numerous woodcuts in text showing columns, architectural designs, etc. (minor spotting, wormholes in last part). Contemp. gilt-ruled calf (rubbed, upper cover loose), spine on 5 raised bands (title label gone, rubbed, joints splitting), red sprinkled edges, (minor spotting, marginal wormholes in last part). Inside good copy.

One of the most important editions of Vitruvius' famous work on architecture edited by J. de Laet (1581-1649) with additional texts and commentaries by G. Philander, Balde, D. Barbari, Henry Wotton and L.B. Alberti.

Provenance:
ex-library copy (college of art Leicester), stamp on verso of title.
Ref. Fowler 417; Berlin Katalog 1817; Cicognara 726; Rahir 1110; Willems 1097

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