Main entry:

Vitruvius Pollio.

Title & Author:

Hoc in uolumine hæc opera continentur. Cleonidæ harmonicum introductorium interprete Georgio Valla Placentino. L. Vitruuii Pollionis de Architectura libri decem. Sexti Iulii Frontini de Aquæductibus liber unus. Angeli policiani opusculum: quod Panepistemon inscribitur. Angeli Policiani in priora analytica prælectio cui titulus est Lamia.

Edition:

[3rd printed edition]

Publication:

Impressum Venetiis : Per Simonem Papiensem dictum Biuilaquam, Anno ab incarnatione M. CCCC. LXXXXVII die tertio augusti [1497]

Description:

94 unnumbered leaves ; 30 cm (fol.)

Notes:
Cleonides work comes first in the volume and is listed first on the title page.
Signatures: pi⁸ 2pi² A-I⁶ K-L⁴ a-b⁶ aa⁶ bb⁴ (pi1 signed 1, pi2 signed 2, pi3 signed 3, pi4 signed 4, C3 signed G3)
Imprint from colophon at the end of Vitruvius' De architectura, leaf L4.
This ed. is a close reprint of the ed. of Vitruvius of 1496 with the tract of Cleonides prefixed and the editorial note at the end of Frontinus omitted--Fowler, p. 309.
Woodcut initials.
Error of imposition: text which should appear on leaf b3v appears on b4r, and vice versa.
Fowler 392
BMC V, 522 (IB 23973)
Goff C742

Summary:

Includes Vitruvius' "De architectura", Sextus Julius Frontinus' work on Roman aqueducts, "De aquis urbis Romae", Giorgio Valla's translation of Cleonides' work on Aristoxenus' harmonic theory, and two humanist studies by Angelo Poliziano.

Subject:

Music, Greek and Roman Early works to 1800.
Music theory Early works to 1800.
Architecture Early works to 1800.
Water-supply Early works to 1800.
Aqueducts Italy Rome Early works to 1800.
Water-supply.
Aqueducts Italy Rome.
Eau Approvisionnement.
Aqueducs Italie Rome.
Théorie musicale Ouvrages avant 1800.
Architecture Ouvrages avant 1800.
Eau Approvisionnement Ouvrages avant 1800.
Aqueducs Italie Rome Ouvrages avant 1800.
Aqueducts
Architecture
Music, Greek and Roman
Italy Rome

Form/genre:

Incunabula.
Renaissance architectural Treatises.
Treatises.
Annotations (Provenance) NNC.

Added entries:

Valla, Giorgio, 1447-1500, translator.
Poliziano, Angelo, 1454-1494.
Cleonides, active 2nd century.
Frontinus, Sextus Julius. De aquis urbis Romae.
Bevilaqua, Simon, active 1485-1518, printer.
Aristoxenus.
Harmonicum introductorium
Lamia
De acquaeductibus
Panepistemon
De architectura libri decem
Italy Venice.

Holdings:

Location: Library cage plus 72066
Call No.: NA44.V848 (ID:86-B11806)
Status: Available