L. Victruuii Pollionis ad Cesarem Augustum De architectura liber primus[-decimus]
Contributors: Sulpitius Verulanus, Joannes, active 15th century; Silber, Eucharius, active 1480-1510, printer; Herolt, Georg, active 1480-1495, printer; Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904, former owner
Publisher: [Eucharius Silber]
Published: 1486
Place of publication: Rome]
Language: lat
Number of pages: 196
Subjects: Architecture; Early works to 1800
Other titles: L. Victrvvii Pollionis ad Cesarem Avgvstvm De architectvra liber primvs[-decimus]; L. Victruvii Pollionis ad Cesarem Augustum De architectura liber primus[-decimus]
Work titles: De architectura
Notes: Title from text incipit.

Incipit title preceded by four preliminary leaves which contain the address to the reader, index, and dedication by the editor, Giovanni Antonio Sulpicio of Veroli (Joannes Sulpitius Verulanus).

Edited by Johannes Sulpitius Verulanus.

First edition.

Imprint from ISTC. Printer also recorded as Georg Herolt, and Printer of Vitruvius, with date ranging between 1483 and 1490.

Undated. Evidently printed after the accession of Pope Innocent VIII on Aug. 29, 1484, since Sulpicio's dedication includes a list of events under Innocent VIII's reign. Probably printed after Aug. 11, 1486, when a treaty between the Pope and the King of Naples was ratified, because Sulpicio credits Innocent with the conclusion of a war. Printed no later than Aug. 16, 1487, the acquisition date inscribed on a copy bought in Rome by the Archdeacon of Richmond, John Shirwood.

Collation: [pi⁴ 1-3⁸ 4-6⁶ 7⁸ 8⁶ 9-11⁸ 12⁶ 13⁸; 98 leaves]; unsigned.

Woodcut diagram on leaf 3/1r.

Initial spaces, with guide-letters.

Printed on sheets of "chancery"--Size paper.

Errata and register: leaf 14/8r.

Avery Classics copy: Bound with: Frontinus, Sextus Julius. Sexti Iulii Frontini uiri consularis De aquis que in urbem influunt : libellus mirabilis. [Rome? : s.n., 1486 or 1487?]

Avery Classics copy: Annotated on recto of first blank leaf.

Avery Classics copy: From the library of Samuel Putnam Avery with his bookplate.

Avery Classics copy: Annotated throughout.

Copinger-Reichling, 6268

Proctor, 3951

Sander, 7691=7692?

BM 15th cent., IV, 124 (IB. 19225)

Incunabula short title catalogue (ISTC), iv00306000

Walsh, J.E. 15th cent. printed books, 1442

Bibliothecae Apostolicae Vaticanae incunabula, V-137

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, V-306

Royal Institute of British Architects. Early Imprints Collection. Early printed books, 1478-1840, 3489