VITRUVIUS POLLIO, Marcus (fl. 1st century BCE) and PHILANDRIER, Guillaume, ed. (1505-1563). De Architectura . Lyons: Jean de Tournes 1552. The first de Tournes edition of Vitruvius, revised and enlarged: “one of the most outstanding unions of humanist tradition and interest in practical architecture” (Millard). Guillaume Philandrier’s commentary and notes, first published in 1550 but revised here, provided the first synthesis of academic and practical interpretations of Vitruvius. Philologist Philandrier studied with architect and sculptor Sebastiano Serlio in Venice and worked on Vitruvius in Rome at the Accademia delle Virtú. De Architectura , Vitruvius’s best-known work, is the only text on architectural practice to survive from Classical antiquity. This edition also includes illustrations by Bernard Salomon (c.1508-1561). Adams V-908; Brunet V:1327; Millard French 165; Mortimer, Harvard French , 550 Quarto (240 x 165mm). Medallion portrait of Philander, woodcuts throughout, one folding plate. Contemporary limp vellum, manuscript titles on spine. Provenance : early inscription of a Jesuit college on title-page.
VITRUVIUS POLLIO, Marcus (fl. 1st century BCE) and PHILANDRIER, Guillaume, ed. (1505-1563). De Architectura . Lyons: Jean de Tournes 1552. The first de Tournes edition of Vitruvius, revised and enlarged: “one of the most outstanding unions of humanist tradition and interest in practical architecture” (Millard). Guillaume Philandrier’s commentary and notes, first published in 1550 but revised here, provided the first synthesis of academic and practical interpretations of Vitruvius. Philologist Philandrier studied with architect and sculptor Sebastiano Serlio in Venice and worked on Vitruvius in Rome at the Accademia delle Virtú. De Architectura , Vitruvius’s best-known work, is the only text on architectural practice to survive from Classical antiquity. This edition also includes illustrations by Bernard Salomon (c.1508-1561). Adams V-908; Brunet V:1327; Millard French 165; Mortimer, Harvard French , 550 Quarto (240 x 165mm). Medallion portrait of Philander, woodcuts throughout, one folding plate. Contemporary limp vellum, manuscript titles on spine. Provenance : early inscription of a Jesuit college on title-page.
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