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 full-page woodcuts. 26 pp., 262 (recte 260) pp., 26 pp. 18th-century calf illus. with some gilt edges, black boards and outer edges gilt (somewhat worn and rubbed, corners chipped (partly repaired)). STC 958 (war loss). Adams V 906, VD 16, V 1763, Ritter 2424, Muller 441, 10, Cicognara 707, Riccardi 112, 612, 1.12, Poleni 43, Borroni 11, 2.7, ornamental engravings. First Vitruvius edition printed in Germany, published 5 years before Ryff's translation. - The beautiful woodcuts are mostly based on those of Cesare Cesarino (Como 1521), others on Serlio and Valturius. - Lower title with tear (text loss added in manuscript), in places somewhat browned, some waterstains, beginning of upper margin somewhat moldy. Tit. with erased pastedown. 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.
