Page of hand-written dedicatory address by a 19th century owner facing the first page of the editio princeps of Vitruvius's 'De achitectura'
Architect/Designer | Vitruvius (c. 84 BC-c. 14 BC) |
Subject Date | 1486 |
Image Date | 1800 |
Medium | Print |
Library Reference | EW E.f.583 |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | RIBA Collections |
Subject | Typography ; Book design ; Calligraphy |
SOURCE: Vitruvius. De architectura (Rome, 1486?), p. [8-9] NOTES: This copy lacks the index and dedicatory address which precede the text and these are supplied by a 19th century owner in manuscript.
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