Les dix livres d'architecture de Vitruve . corrigez et traduits nouvellement an François, avec les notes & des figures.
Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (c.80-70 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1684
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3049224
Summary
Bibliographic description
[18],354,[16]p., plate . ill.. . fol... Identified in 1768 catalogue: F.2. manuscript inscriptions (booksellers' codes?) on front pastedown (B k[underlined]); flyleaf (S[underlined] b-e[reversed]); verso of title page (a[underlined]b).. Provenance: Bookplate on front pastedown: Armorial, Grey and Booth quarterings impaling Cavendish-Bentinck: George Harry Grey, 5th earl of Stamford & 1st earl of Warrington (2nd cr.) (1737-1819), pasted over an earlier plate of the 5th earl, surmounted with the baronet's coronet [i.e.: after marriage in 1763 but prior to assumption of earldom of Stamford in 1768].. Binding: Panelled calf; blind rolled, ruled and tooled; spine gilt; red spine label: 'Archite de Vitruve'.
Makers and roles
Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (c.80-70 BC) Claude Perrault (1613-1688)