Leonis Baptistae Alberti De re aedificatoria opus elegantissimus
Object type: Book ; Ornament and architecture
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Angelo Poliziano|Leon Battista Alberti|Nicolai Laurentii Alamani|Lorenzo de' Medici
Artist bio: Italian, Montepulciano 1454–1494 Florence|Italian, Genoa 1404–1472 Rome| |Italian, Florence 1449–1492 Florence
Artist role: Author|Author|Publisher|Dedicatee
Artist nationality: Italian|Italian|Italian|Italian
Date: 1485
Medium: Printed book
Dimensions: 11 5/8 x 8 5/8 x 1 13/16 in. (29.5 x 21.9 x 4.6 cm)
Box: 12 3/4 x 9 5/8 x 2 9/16 in. (32.4 x 24.5 x 6.5 cm)
Classification: Books|Ornament & Architecture
Geography:  Florence     
Credit line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
Accession year: 1941