Leonis Baptistae Alberti Florentini viri clarissimi De re aedificatoria opus elegantissimum et [quam] maxime utile
Contributors: Poliziano, Angelo, 1454-1494
Publisher: accuratissime impressum opera Magistri Nicolai Laurentii Alamani
Published: 1485
Place of publication: Florentiæ
Language: lat
Number of pages: 407
Work titles: De re aedificatoria
Notes: Title and imprint derived from colophon, sig. [rum]7v, where date reads: millesimo octuagesimo quinto: quarto chalendas Ianuarias.

Leaf [2] (a1) recto caption reads: Leonis Baptiste Alberti de re aedificatoria incipit lege feliciter.

Signatures: a-dp8s, ep6s, f-op8s, pp6s, q-zp8s, &p8s, [con]p8s, [rum]p8s. Signing begins on leaf [2], p. [2].

First edition.  Various printings of the colophon (and the final gathering) are recorded.

Edited by Angelo Poliziano, whose name introduces dedication, leaf [1] verso.

Space for ornamental initials with guide letter prepared at beginning of each book.

Fowler 3

BMC (XV cent.), VI, p. 631 (IB. 27125a)

Hain *419

Goff A-215

Grässe, p. 52

Brunet, I, column 130

NUC NA0139646 (LCCN CA16-368)