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VITRUVIUS POLLIO, MARCUS. M. Vitruvius per Jocundum solito castigatior factus. Title within woodcut border; 134 (of 136) woodcut illustrations. [4], 110, [8] (of [10]) leaves; lacks M1-2 (with 2 woodcuts of constellations), colophon leaf, and final blank. Folio, 303x213 mm, modern 1/4 calf gilt; marginal stains through much of volume with traces of mold, occasional soiling, scattered crude early marginalia and marginal repairs, early owner's inscription on title, H4.5 and L5 remargined and possibly supplied from another copy, index leaves torn in gutters and crudely rehinged affecting some text. sold as is. (Venice: Giovanni Tacuino, 22 May 1511)
first fully illustrated edition of the only surviving early work on classical architecture, also dealing with a wide range of technical subjects, written in the 1st century B.C. and first published circa 1486-87. This edition was also the first edited by the architect and scholar Giovanni Giocondo. Fowler 393; Harvard/Mortimer-Italian 543; Millard IV, 156.
