M. Vitruvii Pollonis De architectura libri decem.
Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (c.80-70 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1649
Materials
Place of origin
Amsterdam
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3139526
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 30, [2], 252, [2], 253-272, [28], 164, 69, [3] p. : ill. ; fol. Running number: 5341. Provenance: manuscript date and inscription on title page: "1686" and "Jac: de Richeboúrcg" [i.e. Jacques de Richebourg; possibly of the Melun family, Marquises de Richebourg/Risbourcq]. Manuscript code on rear pastedown: "V-o". Binding: seventeenth-century mottled sheepskin (rubbed, very worn); framework of two blind fillets to form a border; blind fillets on board edges; gilt fleur-de-lys stamps, fillets and title on spine. Red and blue mottled edges.
Makers and roles
Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (c.80-70 BC) Guillaume Philandrier (1505-1565), editor Daniel Barbaro (1514-1570) Patriarch of Aquileia, editor Claude Saumaise (1588-1653), editor Sir Henry Wotton (1568 - 1639), author Bernardino Baldi (1553 - 1617), author Leon Battista Alberti (1404 - 1472), author Pomponio Gaurico (1481/2-1528), author Louis de Montjosieu (fl.16th century), author Joannes de Laet (1581-1649), editor