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Architecture.- Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus) An Abridgment of the Architecture of Vitruvius, engraved frontispiece and 11 plates, plates 8 & 9 misbound at H7 on one folding sheet with explanation of the ninth table on recto, plates 10 & 11 on one folding sheet misbound at I7 (plate 11 browned at fold and with couple tears with very small loss), later ownership inscription to frontispiece verso, H5-6 roughly opened, I7 short tear into text at head without loss, some later pencil annotation, occasional light spotting and browning, front free endpaper loose and rear endpaper lacking, gutter split at points with some ff. loose, contemporary speckled sheep, splits to spine and joints, worn, [Wing V663], small 8vo, for Abel Swall and T. Child, 1692.

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Architecture.- Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus) An Abridgment of the Architecture of Vitruvius, engraved frontispiece and 11 plates, plates 8 & 9 misbound at H7 on one folding sheet with explanation of the ninth table on recto, plates 10 & 11 on one folding sheet misbound at I7 (plate 11 browned at fold and with couple tears with very small loss), later ownership inscription to frontispiece verso, H5-6 roughly opened, I7 short tear into text at head without loss, some later pencil annotation, occasional light spotting and browning, front free endpaper loose and rear endpaper lacking, gutter split at points with some ff. loose, contemporary speckled sheep, splits to spine and joints, worn, [Wing V663], small 8vo, for Abel Swall and T. Child, 1692.

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