Della architettura di Gio. Antonio Rusconi, con centosessanta figure dissegnate dal medesimo, secondo i precetti di Vitruvio, e con chiarezza, e breuità di chiarate libri dieci.

1590
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  • Title: Della architettura di Gio. Antonio Rusconi, con centosessanta figure dissegnate dal medesimo, secondo i precetti di Vitruvio, e con chiarezza, e breuità di chiarate libri dieci.
  • Author: Giovanni Antonio Rusconi (ca. 1520–1587)
  • Author: Text summarizes precepts Marcus Pollio Vitruvius (Roman, active late 1st century BCE)
  • Illustrator: Giovanni Antonio Rusconi (ca. 1520–1587)
  • Publisher: I Gioliti , Venice
  • Dedicatee: Francesco Maria II Montefeltro della Rovere, Duke of Urbino (Italian, 1574–1631)
  • Published in: Venice
  • Date: 1590
  • Medium: Printed book with woodcut illustrations
  • Dimensions: 11 15/16 x 8 5/16 x 11/16 in. (30.3 x 21.1 x 1.7 cm)
  • Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
  • Object Number: 41.100.54
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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