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
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3049226
Summary
Bibliographic description
[18],354,[16]p., plate . ill.. . fol... Previous shelfmark: H.10.5. Identified in 1796 inventory: F 354, price Đ1. Christies, 21 June 2004, lot 529.. Provenance: Bookplate: John Myddelton Esqr. of Chirk Castle Denbighshire [i.e. John Myddelton (1685-1747)] (the plate of Robert Myddelton of Chirk Castle with inscription altered); Jacobean armorial, after 1733. Franks 21457. This has been pasted over an earlier bookplate, probably that of Robert Myddelton (1678-1733). manuscript price on engraved title page: "50s.".. Binding: Seventeenth-century sprinkled calf binding; gilt roll on board edges; gold-tooled spine (worn).
Makers and roles
Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (c.80-70 BC) Claude Perrault (1613-1688)