Leonis Baptistae Alberti Florentini viri clarissimi Libri De re aedificatoria decem

1512
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: Leonis Baptistae Alberti Florentini viri clarissimi Libri De re aedificatoria decem
  • Author: Leon Battista Alberti (Italian, Genoa 1404–1472 Rome)
  • Editor: Manuscript edited by Robert Dore (French)
  • Editor: Geofrey Tory (French, Bourges 1480–1533 Paris)
  • Publisher: Berthold Rembolt & Ludouici Hornken
  • Dedicatee: Philibert Babou (French)
  • Dedicatee: Dedicated to Lorenzo de' Medici (Italian, Florence 1449–1492 Florence)
  • Published in: Paris
  • Date: 1512
  • Medium: Printed book with woodcut printer's device and title page borders
  • Dimensions: 7 15/16 x 5 5/8 x 1 in. (20.2 x 14.3 x 2.6 cm)
  • Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
  • Object Number: 41.100.102
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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