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Title

M. Vitruuij De architectura libri decem / summa diligentia recogniti, at[que] excusi, cum nonnullis figuris sub hoc signo * positis, nun[quam] antea impraessis ; additis Iulij Frontini De aqueductibus libris, proter [sic] materiae affinitatem.

Author

Vitruvius Pollio

Publication

[Lyon : Guillaume Huyon], 1523.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Giocondo, Giovanni, approximately 1433-1515.
• Frontinus, Sextus Julius
• Huyon, Guillaume, active 1519-1520.
• Gabiano, Scipion de, approximately 1503-approximately 1543.

Description

80, 97-195, [15], 22 leaves : ill.; 18 cm (8vo)

Alternative Title

• M. Vitrvvii De architectura libri decem
• M. Vitruvii De architectura libri decem
• Sexti Iulij Frontini viri consularis De aqueductibus vrbis Romae.
• Sexti Ivlii Frontini viri consvlaris De aqvedvctibus vrbis Romae.

Subjects

• Aqueducts > Italy > Rome > Early works to 1800
• Water-supply > Italy > Rome > Early works to 1800
• Architecture > Early works to 1800

Note

• Edited by Giovanni Giocondo. Cf. caption, leaf 2r: Iuliano Mediae frater Io. Iocundus s.p.d.
• "Contrefaçon de l'édition donnée en 1522 par Giunta [Florence]"--Baudrier. Listed under "Contrefactions de Lyon" by Renouard.
• Place of printing and name of printer supplied from Grässe, Berlin and Fowler. Assigned to Scipion de Gabiano by Baudrier. Place given as "Firenze(?)" in Sander.
• There are three variant printings of the word "propter" in line 7 of the title: "[pro]pter," "ppoter," and, as in this copy, "proter"; cf. Fowler. Baudrier records "[pro]pter."
• Signatures: A-H⁸ I-M⁴ N-2F⁸. Cf. register at end.
• Error in foliation: nos. 81-96 omitted (not noted by Baudrier, who records sigs. as "A-h, n-z-AA-FF par 8, i, K, l, m, par 8").
• Title page printed in red except for asterisk following "signo" and crosses above and below date; within woodcut historiated border, printed in black, reproduced in Baudrier, p. 165. Initial spaces with guide letters throughout.
• The ill. are woodcuts, "copied from the Giunta Florentine editions [1513, 1522] ... and from the Como, 1521 edition ... [the latter] in reduced form and designated by an asterisk"--Fowler. Ill. on leaf 60 is printed upside-down.
• "Sexti Iulij Frontini viri consularis De aqueductibus vrbis Romae": 22 leaves at end.
• Side notes.
• Includes index.

Indexed In (note)

• BN (WWW)
• Grässe
• BM STC French, 1470-1600
• Baudrier, H.L. Bib. Lyonnaise
• Renouard, A.A. Annales de l'imprimerie des Alde (3. éd.)
• Sander
• Fowler
• Berlin. Ornamentstichsammlung

Provenance (note)

• A few minor contemporary ms. annotations.

Binding (note)

• Contemporary brown calf, blind-stamped with two rolls incorporating fretwork and/or floral motifs. Sewing guards incorporate fragments of a ms. on vellum.

Call Number

*KB 1523 09-93

OCLC

81721216

Author

Vitruvius Pollio.

Title

M. Vitruuij De architectura libri decem / summa diligentia recogniti, at[que] excusi, cum nonnullis figuris sub hoc signo * positis, nun[quam] antea impraessis ; additis Iulij Frontini De aqueductibus libris, proter [sic] materiae affinitatem.

Imprint

[Lyon : Guillaume Huyon], 1523.

Indexed In:

BN (WWW) FRBNF31594888

Grässe, VI/2, p. 376

BM STC French, 1470-1600, p. 445

Baudrier, H.L. Bib. Lyonnaise, VII, p. 167

Renouard, A.A. Annales de l'imprimerie des Alde (3. éd.), p. 315-316, no. 59

Sander 7698

Fowler 397

Berlin. Ornamentstichsammlung, 1801

Binding

Contemporary brown calf, blind-stamped with two rolls incorporating fretwork and/or floral motifs. Sewing guards incorporate fragments of a ms. on vellum. NN

Provenance

A few minor contemporary ms. annotations. NN

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Added Author

Giocondo, Giovanni, approximately 1433-1515.

Frontinus, Sextus Julius. De aquis urbis Romae.

Huyon, Guillaume, active 1519-1520. Printer

Gabiano, Scipion de, approximately 1503-approximately 1543. Printer

Added Title

Sexti Iulij Frontini viri consularis De aqueductibus vrbis Romae.

Sexti Ivlii Frontini viri consvlaris De aqvedvctibus vrbis Romae.

Research Call Number

*KB 1523 09-93