VITRUVIUS POLLIO, Marcus (fl. about 60 B.C.). De architectura libri X, Strasburg: ex officina Knoblochiana, for Georgius Machaeropoeus, August 1550, 4°, title printed in red and black, numerous woodcuts, some full-page, with the final blank (inner upper margin wormed throughout, small wormhole to last 20 leaves partly affecting one or two letters, inner and upper outer margin of first leaves dampstained partly affecting text, occasional underlining and annotations in ink), contemporary vellum, manuscript title to spine, sprinkled edges. [Adams V907; Cicognara 711]

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VITRUVIUS POLLIO, Marcus (fl. about 60 B.C.). De architectura libri X, Strasburg: ex officina Knoblochiana, for Georgius Machaeropoeus, August 1550, 4°, title printed in red and black, numerous woodcuts, some full-page, with the final blank (inner upper margin wormed throughout, small wormhole to last 20 leaves partly affecting one or two letters, inner and upper outer margin of first leaves dampstained partly affecting text, occasional underlining and annotations in ink), contemporary vellum, manuscript title to spine, sprinkled edges. [Adams V907; Cicognara 711]

Provenance

Jur. Prof. Linga, inscription to free endpaper; "Guilielmus Philander s'appelloit en françois Filandrich, dont il avoit fait, par affiniti di son, Philander. La connoyo (?)Mehagiana tom. I pag. 217", inscription to verso of fly leaf.

Lot Essay

"Vitruvius's De architectura, the only surviving classical treatise on architecture ... comprises ten books on the theory and practice of architecture, which in ancient times encompassed not only building construction but also many aspects of mechanical engineering including hydraulics, ballistics and the construction of timepieces. The work contains much useful information on ancient materials and techniques, but it is the theoretical aspects ... that have had the most historical significance." (Norman, p. 791)

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