M. Vitruvii viri suae professionis peritissimi. De architectura libri decem: nunc primum in Germania qua potuit diligentia excusi, atq[ue] hinc inde schematibus non iniucundis exornati
Object type: Book ; Ornament and architecture
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Marcus Pollio Vitruvius|Georg Messerschmidt|Nicholas of Cusa|Sextus Julius Frontinus|Gualther Hermenius Rivius
Artist bio: Roman, active late 1st century BCE|active 1541–60|German, 1401–1464|ca. 30–104|German, ca. 1500–after 1545
Artist role: Author|Printer|Author|Author|Editor
Artist nationality: Italian|German|German|Roman|German
Date: 1543
Medium: Printed book with woodcut illustrations
Dimensions: 8 1/8 x 5 11/16 x 1in. (20.6 x 14.5 x 2.5cm)
Classification: Books|Ornament & Architecture
Credit line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
Accession year: 1941