VITRUVIUS POLLIO, Marcus (fl. 1st Century B.C.E.) De Architectura. Commentary by Daniele Barbaro. Venice: Franciscus Senensus, 1567.

First edition in Latin of Barbaro's commentary, well illustrated. Adams V-909; Cicognara 716; Fowler 409; Harvard/Mortimer Italian 550.

Folio (297 x 200mm). Numerous woodcut illustrations, some full page and one with printed overlay, and initials. (A few pale stains, illus. on p.102 shaved.) Early vellum (some darkening, a few stains, modern endpapers). Provenance: W. Gedney Beatty (1869-1941), American architect (gifted to) – The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Department of Prints (bookplate recording the bequest, cancelled).

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