De architectura libri dece. Translated

by Cesare Cesariano. Commentary by Cesariano, Benedetto Biovio, and Bono Mauro by Marcus Pollio Vitruvius

$325,000 · Offered by Sophia Rare Books

First edition

Como: Gottardo da Ponte for Agostino Gallo and Aloisio Pirovano, 1521. First edition in the vernacular, and a superb large copy untouched in its first binding, of one of the finest illustrated books of the Italian Renaissance. “This handbook on classical architecture is the only Roman work inspired by Greek architecture that has come down to us. It is therefore important as a prime source of many lost Greek writings

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