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De Architectura Decem Libri (Ten Books on Architecture)
by Vitruvius Pollio
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- Condition
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- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Florentiae: Per Haeredes Philippi Iuntae, 1522. Small Octavo. 2nd illustrated edition. This title lacks two leaves of the preliminaries, and the title page (here, the half-title and title page had been nicely restored in manuscript). It also lacks the frontispiece and Frontius' treatise, De Aquaeductibus [24 leaves]. The present copy has 192 leaves, and [18] leaves which includes the colophon dated 1522 and printer's device, the text contains all the 140 engravings, some leaves misnumbered, woodcuts from the Vitruvius' 1513 pocket version. The quire K is incorrectly signed I as in several copies. Deep insight into aesthetic matters is well expressed by Prof. William A. Armstrong in one of his recent reviews stressing his knowledge of the manufacture and use of colors as well as of architecture, machinery, signs of the zodiac, arithmetic, drawing, music, optics, and history. (Renaissance Quarterly, XXIII, No. 3, p. 335). Copies of the 1522 version are moderately scarce and even defective copies seldom come up at auction. Bound in a later 19th century brown cloth binding backed in calf, lettered and decorated in gilt, toning to the outer margins of about 40 leaves at front, first few leaves have fragile outer edges. Bookplate of bibliophile Sol Eisen of Canada who pioneered the first Canadian Jewish Conference in 1919.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031350
- Title
- De Architectura Decem Libri (Ten Books on Architecture)
- Author
- Vitruvius Pollio
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Per Haeredes Philippi Iuntae
- Place of Publication
- Florentiae
- Date Published
- 1522
- Keywords
- 16th Century Imprints; Early Architectural Printings.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture;
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Scottsdale, Arizona
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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