M. Vitrvvii Pollionis De architectvra libri decem
Subtitle: ad Caes. Avgvstvm, omnibus omnium editionibus longè emendatiores, collatis veteribus exemplis
By: Accesserunt, Gulielmi Philandri castilionij, ciuis Romani, annotationes castigatiores, & plus tertia parte locupletiores. Adiecta est Epitome in omnes Georgij Agricolae de mensuris & ponderibus libros eodem auctore. Cum Graeco pariter & Latino indice locupletissimo
Contributors: Philandrier, Guillaume, 1505-1565; Agricola, Georg, 1494-1555
Publisher: Apud Ioan. Tornaesium, typogr. reg. lvgd.
Published: 1586
Place of publication: [Lyon]
Language: lat
Number of pages: 460
Other titles: M. Vitruvii Pollionis De architectura libri decem; De architectura libri decem
Work titles: De architectura
Notes: Reprint of the elder de Tournes' ed. of 1552. Vitruvius' text in Latin, Philandrier's commentary in italics. Port. of Philandrier on p. [16], 1st sequence. The folded plate is a Latin inscription (facing p. 178). De Tournes' device with snakes on last leaf. Some of the ill. may be by Bernard Salomon; see Mortimer.

Bibliography: 4th-5th prelim. leaves.

Mortimer, R.  French 15th-cent., 550

Binding: old calf, tooled in gilt along edges of boards. Rebacked, preserving original backstrip tooled in gilt in a design of leafy branches, incorporating title: VITRVVI / CVM.NOT / PHILAN.

Inscription at upper right corner of t.p. erased, preserving date 1836. At foot of t.p. is signature: DeChatigny.