M. Vitruuii de architectura libri decem . nuper maxima diligentia castigati atq[ue] excusi, additis Iulij Frontini de aqueductibus libris propter materiæ affinitatem.
Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (c.80-70 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1522
Materials
Place of origin
Italy
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3023388
Summary
Bibliographic description
80,65-72,81(i.e.89)-119,118-142,145-192;1-24,[20] leaves . ill.. . 8vo. Imperfect: lacks leaf CC2 (colophon), but has the blank CC3 and CC4 with device on verso. Marginal annotations in red ink (17c. hand). Price in ink on flyleaf: 2-2-.. Provenance: Armorial bookplate (eighteenth-century) with motto Nec celeri nec forti; not yet identified.
Makers and roles
Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (c.80-70 BC) Sextus Julius Frontinus (c. 40-103 AD)