VITRUVIUS (Marcus Vitruvius Pollio).- I DIECI LIBRI | DELL’ARCHITETTVRA | DI M. VITVVIO, | TRADOTTI E COMMENTATI | ...

VITRUVIUS (Marcus Vitruvius Pollio).- I DIECI LIBRI | DELL’ARCHITETTVRA | DI M. VITVVIO, | TRADOTTI E COMMENTATI | da Monsig. Daniel Barbaro elleto Pa- | triarca d’Aquileia, da lui reuedu- | ti ampliati; & hora in | piu commoda da for- | ma ridotti.- In Venetia: Apresso Francesco de’ Franceschi Senese. M. D. LXXIIII. [1584].- [8], 505, [1 br.] p.: il.; 24 cm.- E.
Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, Roman civil and military architect and engineer, from the first century BC; his treatise, divided into 10 books, would come to influence the entire Renaissance and Classical treatise, being considered the only architectural treatise from the Greco-Roman period that has survived to the present day. Venetian edition from the last quarter of the 16th century, the third with the comments and additions of Daniel Barbaro (1513-1570), a Venetian humanist and diplomat, friend of Palladio, Pietro Bembo and Torquato Tasso (the two previous editions date from 1556 and 1567 ). Barbaro, who was assistant to the Patriarch of Aquileia and portrayed by Veronese, represented the Republic of Venice at the Council of Trent. Illustrated edition with more than a hundred xilograpy figures in the text, most of them full-page, two of which are folders. Copy slightly handled, with some underlining and annotations of the time, especially in the first and last two books. Title page and last 10 sheets with some stains and irregular edges. Non-contemporary binding (18th century?), entire worn sheepskin with multiple ornamental borders and a gold decorated central rectangle, on both covers (new endpapers). Brunet, V, 1330. Cicognara, 720.