Architecture.- Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus) De Architettura libri decem, edited by Luigi Marini, 3 vol. only (of 4, lacking plate vol.), text only, bookplate of the Reynolds Library, contemporary half vellum, gilt-stamped roan labels "Presented by Hiram Sibley" to upper covers, rubbed and soiled, labels scuffed, [BAL 3506], Rome, Marini, 1836; another edition, edited by Johann Gottlob Schneider, 3 vol., slight water-staining to upper edge of vol.1, contemporary half calf, spines gilt with red roan labels, rubbed, [BAL 3504], Leipzig, G.J.Göschen, 1837-38, folio & 4to (6)

⁂ Two scholarly editions of Vitruvius. Luigi Marini (1768-1838) was the first to apply modern methods of textual criticism to establish what Vitruvius actually wrote. The volumes of his edition were given to the Reynolds Library, Rochester, New York, by the American industrialist Hiram Sibley (1807-88), president of the Western Union Telegraph Company.