Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus) De Architectura Libri Decem, additional engraved title, woodcuts within text, some full-page, engraved initials, head- and tail-pieces, early ink ownership inscription to engraved and letterpress titles, one or two early ink marginal notes, occasional light finger-soiling, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, a little rubbed, [Fowler 417; Berlin Katalog 1817; Cicognara 726; Willems 1097 'Magnifique edition, ornee de nombreuses figures sur bois dans le texte'], folio, Amsterdam, Louis Elzevier, 1649.
⁂ One of the most important editions of Vitruvius. It is a compendium of architecture, and the arts of building embellishment. It also contains a Latin translation of Henry Wotton's 'Elements of Architecture', edited by Joannes De Laet.
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