M. Vitruvii De Architectura libri decem, summa diligentia recogniti, atque excusi. Cum nonnullis figuris sub hoc signo positis. nunque antea impraessis. Additis Iulij frontini de aqueductibus libris, propter materiae affinitatem
Object type: Book ; Ornament and architecture
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Marcus Pollio Vitruvius|Guillaume Huyon|Sextus Julius Frontinus
Artist bio: Roman, active late 1st century BCE|French, active 16th century|ca. 30–104
Artist role: Author|Printer|Author
Artist nationality: Italian|French|Roman
Date: 1523
Medium: Printed book with woodcut illustrations
Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 4 3/16 x 1 1/16 in. (16.5 x 10.6 x 2.7 cm)
Classification: Books|Ornament & Architecture
Geography:  Lyon     
Credit line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
Accession year: 1941