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
Library copy: 2nd of 2 issues, the first gathering, [pi]1-4, being set in a slightly different typeface from the rest of the text. Binding: early 19th-century Italian mottled sheep, double fillet and floral roll borders on both covers, edges of boards gilt. Signatures assigned in a 19th-century hand to the first half of each gathering. Provenance: ownership inscription on verso of 2nd endpaper, "A⁰ i8ii Girolamo Caratti Udine"; circular red leather book-plate of Paul Mellon inside front cover (Oak Spring, wheatsheaf design) above typed label, "Released by Order of the Trustees of The Pierpont Morgan Library".
Library copy: bound (1) with: Sexti Iulii Frontini uiri consularis: De aquis que in urbem influunt: libellus mirabilis. [Rome? : s.n., 1486 or 1487?].

Exhibitions:

Exhibited: "125 kilos de livres = 125 kilos of books", Centre canadien d'architecture, Mar. 23-Apr. 30, 2006.

Subject:

Architectural theory.
Architecture (discipline)

Form/genre:

Treatises.
Incunabula.
Renaissance architectural treatises.

Added entries:

Sulpitius Verulanus, Joannes, active 15th century.
Provenance. Caratti, Girolamo. Inscription.
Autographs. Caratti, Girolamo.
Provenance. Mellon, Paul. Bookplate.
Bookplates. Mellon, Paul.
Provenance. Pierpont Morgan Library.

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