Di Lucio Vitruvio Pollione de Architectura Libri Dece Traducti de Latino in Vulgare affigurati: Commentati & con mirando ordine insigniti

Maker and role
Author: Vitruvius, Roman, ca. 80-70 BC - after 15 BC
 Year
1521
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Object detail

Production place
Como/Lombardy/Italy
Credit line
Gift of Robert L. B. Tobin
Accession number
TL1984.1.290
Call number
NA2515 .V587 1521
Object type
Books
Department
Rare Book Library
Location
Not on view
Further information
This book is the first edition of Vitruvius translated into a living language, Italian. His theories on theatrical perspective and stage architecture greatly influenced the Italian Renaissance.
Documentation
Cicognara #698.
An Eye for the Stage; William J. Chiego, Jody Blake (American, b.1953); 2004; 14
Publisher details
Como, Italy: Gotardo da Ponte, 1521
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