Main entry:

Vitruvius Pollio.

Title & Author:

L. Victruuii Pollionis ad Cesarem Augustum De architectura liber primus[-decimus].

Publication:

[Rome? : s.n., 1486 or 1487?]

Description:

[196] p. : 1 ill. (woodcut) ; 29 cm. (fol.)

Notes:
First edition.
Incipit title preceded by four preliminary leaves which contain the address to the reader, index, and dedication by the editor, Giovanni Antonio Sulpicio of Veroli (Joannes Sulpitius Verulanus).
Undated. Evidently printed after the accession of Pope Innocent VIII on Aug. 29, 1484, since Sulpicio's dedication includes a list of events under Innocent VIII's reign. Probably printed after Aug. 11, 1486, when a treaty between the Pope and the King of Naples was ratified, because Sulpicio credits Innocent with the conclusion of a war. Printed no later than Aug. 16, 1487, the acquisition date inscribed on a copy bought in Rome by the Archdeacon of Richmond, John Shirwood.
Collation: [pi⁴ 1-3⁸ 4-6⁶ 7⁸ 8⁶ 9-11⁸ 12⁶ 13⁸; 98 leaves]; unsigned.
Bibliothecae Apostolicae Vaticanae incunabula, V-137
Walsh, J.E. 15th cent. printed books, 1442
Goff, V-306
BM 15th cent., pt. 4, p. 124

Subject:

Architectural theory.
Architecture (discipline)

Form/genre:

Treatises.
Incunabula.

Added entries:

Sulpitius Verulanus, Joannes, active 15th century.

L. Victrvvii Pollionis ad Cesarem Avgvstvm De architectvra liber primvs[-decimus]
L. Victruvii Pollionis ad Cesarem Augustum De architectura liber primus[-decimus]

Holdings:

Location: Library cage plus 186930
Call No.: NA44.V848.A62 1486
Status: External loan