Vitruvius Pollio, The civil architecture of Vitruvius , 1812 [i.e. 1812-1817]
- Title(s):
- The civil architecture of Vitruvius : comprising those books of the author which relate to the public and private edifices of the ancients / translated by William Wilkins, M.A. F.A.S., late fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge; author of the 'Antiquities of Magna Graecia" ; illustrated by numerous engravings ; with an introduction, containing an historical view of the rise and progress of architecture amongst the Greeks.
- Additional Title(s):
- De architectura. English. Selections
- Published/Created:
- London : Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars, for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row, 1812 [i.e. 1812-1817]
- Physical Description:
- 2 v. : ill. ; 36 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsNA2515 .V5813 1812+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3586328
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Quarto impression of Wilkins' translation of books 3-6. Published in parts between 1813 and 1817."--British Architectural Library.
Engravings by Wilson Lowry and Samuel Porter; after William Wilkins.
Archer attributes the Introduction (pp. l-lxxvi) to George Hamilton-Gordon, fourth Earl of Aberdeen.
Plates are dated 1813, 1814 and 1817.
Archer, J. British domestic architecture, 348.1
NSTC, W1912
British Architectural Library. Early printed books, 1478-1840, 3535
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in blind- and gilt-tooled calf. Spine title: Wilkin's Vitruvius. - Subject Terms:
- Architecture -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.Architecture -- History.Architecture -- Orders.Architecture, Greek.Building -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.Davison, Thomas -- Printer.Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown -- Publisher.
- Form/Genre:
- Engravings -- 1812-1817.
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