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VITRUVIUS POLLO, Marcus c.80-70 B.C. - c.15 B.C.). De architectura, edited by F.L. Durantino. Venice: J.A. and P. Niccolini da Sabio, March 1524.
Second Edition in Italian, and first Durantino edition. The 136 woodcuts 'are close copies of the full set of blocks from the Giocondo edition of 1511 printed at Venice by Giovanni Tacuino. The copies were made for the first Durantino edition' (Mortimer). Adams V-915; Brunet V, 1330; Cicognara 703; Graesse T-Z, 379; Sander 7699; See Harvard/Mortimer Italian, 545.
Folio (312 x 209mm). Title within an elaborate woodcut border and printed in red and black, wood-engraved initials, 136 woodcut illustrations and diagrams, historiated. 18th-century vellum, morocco labels, spine gilt.
Second Edition in Italian, and first Durantino edition. The 136 woodcuts 'are close copies of the full set of blocks from the Giocondo edition of 1511 printed at Venice by Giovanni Tacuino. The copies were made for the first Durantino edition' (Mortimer). Adams V-915; Brunet V, 1330; Cicognara 703; Graesse T-Z, 379; Sander 7699; See Harvard/Mortimer Italian, 545.
Folio (312 x 209mm). Title within an elaborate woodcut border and printed in red and black, wood-engraved initials, 136 woodcut illustrations and diagrams, historiated. 18th-century vellum, morocco labels, spine gilt.
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