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Vitruvius, Pollio Marcus (70-23 BCE) De Architectura Libri Decem.
Florence: Heirs of Filippo Giunta, 1522.
Octavo, two parts in one volume, woodcut printer's device on title and final leaf; illustrated with 140 woodcut text illustrations; bound in limp parchment (recased), new endleaves, paper flaw to bottom corner of leaf 76 restored; original blank at end present; 5 7/8 x 3 3/4 in.
The Giunta dynasty of printers first produced a pocket version of Vitruvius's work in 1513, the present is a reprint of it.
