M. Vitruvii Pollonis De architectura libri decem.
Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (c.80-70 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1649
Materials
Place of origin
Belgium
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3139525
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8],30,[2],272,[28],164,69,[3] p. . ill.. . fol.. Old Wimpole shelfmarks: Bi[?] [brown ink]; B/5 [pencil]; B.4.21 [dark blue ink]. Text marking in pencil, especially in Lexicon. Provenance: Armorial bookplate, dated 1650: André Félibien escuier sieur des Avaux seigneur de Javercy &c Historiographe du Roy; [André Félibien, (1619-1695, author on arts and court historian to Louis XIV; bookplate appears twice]. Inscribed in ink on contents page: "J. F. Félibien des Avaux" [Jean François Félibien (c.1658-1733, son of above). Binding: Seventeenth-century mottled calf; six raised bands; gilt tooling on spine and board edges; text-block edge sprinkled red; gilt lettered on spine: Pollion Archit.
Makers and roles
Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (c.80-70 BC)