Vitruvius (Pollio),M.

De architectura libri decem... Nunc primum in Germania. Adiecimus... Sexti iulii Frontini de aquaeductibus urbis Romae libellum... Strasbourg, G.Messerschmidt for Knobloch 1543. 4°. With numerous, partly entire. 26 pp., 262 (recte 260) pp., 26 pp. calf ill. of the 18th cent. some gilt, ash. a. outer edges gilt (somewhat worn a. rubbed, corners chipped (partly repaired)). STC 958 (war loss). Adams V 906. VD 16, V 1763. knight 2424. muller 441, 10. cicognara 707. riccardi 112, 612, 1.12. poleni 43. borroni 11, 2.7. ornamental engraving slg. Berlin 1806. Fowler 401 - First Vitruvius edition printed in Germany, published 5 years before Ryff's translation. - The fine woodcuts mostly going back to those of Cesare Cesarino (Como 1521), others to Serlio and Valturius. - Tit. lower part with tear (loss of text added in manuscript), in places somewhat browned, some waterstains, beginning at upper margin somewhat mildewed. Tit. with erased manuscript. With numerous woodcuts in the text. Calf leather of the 18th century (somewhat rubbed and bumped, spine cracked (partly restored)). Title with tear off (text loss added), partly somewhat browned and waterstained, upper margin at the beginning mold stained.