Abrégé des dix livres d'Architecture de Vitruve
published 1674
Author, Italian, active late 1st century B.C. - early 1st century A.D.
Artwork overview
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Medium
1 vol: ill: 11 engravings within text (1 folding, rest full-page) by Sébastien Le Clerc
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
page size: 15 x 8.6 cm (5 7/8 x 3 3/8 in.)
overall size (volume closed): 15.5 x 9.8 x 2.1 cm (6 1/8 x 3 7/8 x 13/16 in.) -
Accession
1983.49.143
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Unknown collector (ownership inscription); Earl of Hopetoun (bookplate); Mark J. Millard, New York; purchased by NGA, 1983.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1993
Wiebenson/Baines 1993, no. 169.