L'architecture et Art de Bien Bastir du Siegneur Leon Baptiste Albert, Gentilhomme Florentin, divisée en dix livres
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- Title: L'architecture et Art de Bien Bastir du Siegneur Leon Baptiste Albert, Gentilhomme Florentin, divisée en dix livres
- Author: Leon Battista Alberti (Italian, Genoa 1404–1472 Rome)
- Translator: Jean Martin (French, died 1553)
- Editor: Edited and translated by Denis Sauvage (French, 1520–ca. 1587)
- Author: Verses written by Pierre de Ronsard (French, 1524–1585)
- Printer: Robert Massellin (French)
- Publisher: Published by Jacques Kerver
- Dedicatee: Dedicated to Henri II, King of France (French, Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1519–1559 Paris)
- Dedicatee: Dedicated to Lorenzo de' Medici (Italian, Florence 1449–1492 Florence)
- Published in: Paris
- Date: 1553
- Medium: Printed book with woodcut illustrations
- Dimensions: Overall: 13 9/16 x 9 7/16 x 1 1/2 in. (34.4 x 24 x 3.8 cm)
- Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1934
- Object Number: 34.40.1
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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