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The architecture of Marcus Vitruvius Pollio : in ten books / created by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge library collectionPublisher: Cambridge University Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: xl, 413 pages illustrations 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781108070522
  • 1108070523
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • NA2515 ARC
Contents:
Dedication; List of subscribers; Preface; Life of Vitruvius; List of the several editions and versions of Vitruvius; List of the chapters contained in the work; Description of the head-pieces; The architecture of Vitruvius, Books I-X; Plates, and explanations of them; Index.
Summary: Active in the first century BCE, Marcus Vitruvius Pollio wrote his influential architectural treatise in ten books, covering a broad range of practical and theoretical topics. Complete with illustrative plates, this one-volume translation by Joseph Gwilt (1784–1863), first published in 1826, was long considered the standard English edition.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Main Library Open Shelf NA2515 POL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 161008 Available BK148924

Includes index

Dedication; List of subscribers; Preface; Life of Vitruvius; List of the several editions and versions of Vitruvius; List of the chapters contained in the work; Description of the head-pieces; The architecture of Vitruvius, Books I-X; Plates, and explanations of them; Index.

Active in the first century BCE, Marcus Vitruvius Pollio wrote his influential architectural treatise in ten books, covering a broad range of practical and theoretical topics. Complete with illustrative plates, this one-volume translation by Joseph Gwilt (1784–1863), first published in 1826, was long considered the standard English edition.

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