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VITRUVIUS POLLIO, Marcus. De Architectura. Edited by Guillaume Philander. Lyons: Jean de Tournes, 1552.
4° (235 x 161 mm). De Tournes's device on title, medallion portrait of Philander, 83 woodcuts, one folding plate of a monumental inscription, head-pieces, initials, a second printer's device on verso of last leaf. (Some light browning and staining.) 18th-century calf, spine gilt (spine worn and chipped). Provenance: Bermann & Altmann, Vienna (bookseller’s label on endpaper).
First de Tournes edition of Vitruvius with the revised and expanded commentary and notes by Philander (1505-1563) and illustrations by Bernard Salomon. Philander studied with Serlio in Venice and worked on Vitruvius in Rome in the Accademia delle Virtú. "Philander's work is at once a learned study and a practical manuel of architecture, incorporating the methods of both the humanists and architects. It is the first synthesis of academic and practical interpretations of Virtruvius' treatise to appear in published form" (Millard). Adams V-908; Berlin Kat. 1813; Brunet V:1327; Cicognara 712; Fowler 406; Millard French 165; Mortimer French 550 (lacking the folding plate).
4° (235 x 161 mm). De Tournes's device on title, medallion portrait of Philander, 83 woodcuts, one folding plate of a monumental inscription, head-pieces, initials, a second printer's device on verso of last leaf. (Some light browning and staining.) 18th-century calf, spine gilt (spine worn and chipped). Provenance: Bermann & Altmann, Vienna (bookseller’s label on endpaper).
First de Tournes edition of Vitruvius with the revised and expanded commentary and notes by Philander (1505-1563) and illustrations by Bernard Salomon. Philander studied with Serlio in Venice and worked on Vitruvius in Rome in the Accademia delle Virtú. "Philander's work is at once a learned study and a practical manuel of architecture, incorporating the methods of both the humanists and architects. It is the first synthesis of academic and practical interpretations of Virtruvius' treatise to appear in published form" (Millard). Adams V-908; Berlin Kat. 1813; Brunet V:1327; Cicognara 712; Fowler 406; Millard French 165; Mortimer French 550 (lacking the folding plate).