Des grossen und weltberühmten Vitruvii Architectura, in des kurze verfasst, durch Herrn Perrault
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- Title: Des grossen und weltberühmten Vitruvii Architectura, in des kurze verfasst, durch Herrn Perrault
- Author: Written by Marcus Pollio Vitruvius (Roman, active late 1st century BCE)
- Editor: Edited and translated by Claude Perrault (French, 1613–1688)
- Translator: German translation by M. Müller (German)
- Publisher: Published by Würzburgische Ingenieurs und Architectur Academie (German)
- Printer: Printed by Paul Lochner und Meyer
- Published in: Würzburg
- Date: 1757
- Medium: Printed book with woodcut tailpieces and engraved plates
- Dimensions: Overall: 6 1/2 x 4 1/16 x 13/16 in. (16.5 x 10.3 x 2.1 cm)
- Classification: Books
- Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
- Object Number: 41.100.314
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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