ARCHITECTURE - Vitruvius Pollio, Marcus. Ten Books of Architecture and Artificial Building. A Key and Introduction to all Mathematical and Mechanical Arts. First Germanized and arranged in Truck by Gualtherum Rivium (W. H. Ryff). With 190 woodcuts in text (47 of them nearly full-page) by G. Pencz, P. Flötner, V. Solis and H. Brosamer. Printer's mark at the end. Basel, Henricpetri, 1575. folio. [18] folios, DCLXXXI p., [1] fol. vellum d. Z. with gilt medallion on covers (slightly rubbed and bumped, somewhat stained). VD16 V 1766 - Fowler 412 - Benzing, Ryff 186 - Ebhardt, Vitruv p. 74 - Cat. Ornamental Engravings. Berlin 1811 - Third German edition (first Nuremberg 1548). - The work comprises ten books, each containing a preface with a direct address to the emperor or an anecdotal introduction to the subject. In addition to the actual art of building, it also deals with objects of technology, including water transport, the development of water systems, water and thermal springs, mill technology, grain mills, as well as measuring instruments for measuring paths, measures of length and sundials as timekeepers. - Top bow and lower corner partly with faint dampstains, otherwise only occasionally lightly spotted, first and last leaf with tiny wormholes (outside text). Erased stamp partially erased old hs. Ownership note on title "Bibliotheca...".