RENOWN ARCHITECTURAL ILLUSTRATIONS: Dell'architettura libri dieci di M. Vitruvio Pollione tradotti e commentati dal Marchese Berabdo Galiani
by VITRUVIUS, Marco Pollione, Vitruvio; GALIANI, Berardo, ed
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Sherman Oaks, California, United States
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About This Item
4to. With 28 etched plates of architectural plans and elements, each with an accompanying leaf of descriptive text. Later sheep-backed boards.
Later edition of Galiani's renowned vernacular recension of Vitruvius' landmark architectural treatise. Replete with footnotes and prefatory text, this is considered the finest Italian translation. The delicate illustrations show designs for columns, theaters, temples, roofs, aqueducts, galleries, and more.
Galiani (1724-1774) was an architectural historian and archaeologist.
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- Bookseller
- Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18324
- Title
- RENOWN ARCHITECTURAL ILLUSTRATIONS
- Author
- VITRUVIUS, Marco Pollione, Vitruvio; GALIANI, Berardo, ed
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Presso gli Editori
- Place of Publication
- Livorno
- Date Published
- 1832
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- architecture, illustrated books, italian imprints, 19th century
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